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First Lessons in the Swatow Dialect.
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LESSON XV.
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| 1 lʉ́ ŭ jîeh cōi hùe? | 1 How old are you? |
| 2 úa saⁿ câp gūa hùe. | 2 I am over thirty. |
| 3 i nî hùe cōi. | 3 He is advanced in years. |
| 4 sin nî àiⁿ kàu. | 4 The new year is near. |
| 5 kim nî úa àiⁿ khʉ̀. | 5 I shall go this year. |
| 6 kū nî i m̄ pat lâi. | 6 Last year he did not come. |
| 7 hʉ́ cêk nî i jîh gūa hùe. | 7 That year he was over twenty. |
| 8 ău nî: ău nî. | 8 Year after next: in after years. |
| 9 i ŭ saⁿ kâi kíaⁿ. | 9 She has three children. |
| 10 cêk ciah íⁿ kíaⁿ. | 10 A little chair. |
| 11 cêk ki tɵ kíaⁿ. | 11 A little knife. |
| 12 i híen hīn khʉt nâng thóiⁿ. | 12 He appeared so that people could see him. |
| 13 lău iùⁿ, hăm kâi lâi. | 13 Old and young, all came. |
| 14 nín kâi lău tōa àiⁿ lâi mē? | 14 Are your old people coming? |
| 15 lău nâng ke. | 15 Venerable head of the family. |
| 16 i kâi nâng lău tōa. | 16 He is aged. |
| 17 i khʉ̀ kú lío. | 17 He went a long time ago. |
| 18 lʉ́ kú m̄ pat lâi. cʉ́ sòi. | 18 You have not been here for a long time. Be careful. |
| 19 i kú kú tɵ̆. | 19 It is always there. |
| 20 úa hīn căi lâi khʉ̀. | 20 I am going to go now. |
| 21 lʉ́ lâi ŭ jîeh kú? | 21 How long since you came? |
| 22 bói kàu taⁿ ŭ jîeh kú? | 22 How long since you bought it? |
| 23 nâng nâng sɵ́ àiⁿ. | 23 What everyone wants. |
| 24 i seⁿ a nôⁿ lío. | 24 She already has a child. |
| 25 cí kâi a nôⁿ kíaⁿ seⁿ kàu taⁿ ŭ jîeh kú? | 25 How long since this child was born? |
