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52
First Lessons in the Swatow Dialect.
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LESSON XXI.
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| 1 lʉ́ khʉ̀ kāng i tàⁿ. | 1 You go and tell him. |
| 2 úa àiⁿ kio i tàⁿ. | 2 I shall tell him. |
| 3 i chī tʉ, chī gû. | 3 He rears hogs and cows. |
| 4 cîah tû: tû kíaⁿ. | 4 A food safe: little cupboard. |
| 5 cí tîo hāng kɵ́ khʉ̀ tī kɵ̀? | 5 Where does this road lead to? |
| 6 cí kâi tâm tâm kâi lō khí thâu phâk ta lío. | 6 This muddy road is beginning to get dry. |
| 7 cí tàⁿ mûeh hɵ́ taⁿ pàng saⁿ têng lâu kɵ̀. | ? Carry this carry of things and put them in the third story. |
| 8 phâk ta ŭ kúi têng lío. | 8 Several layers have dried. |
| 9 i khí thâu tàⁿ ūe. | 9 He began to speak. |
| 10 bɵ̂ lō hɵ́ kîaⁿ. | 10 There is no road to walk in. |
| 11 kìe kâi nâng lâi taⁿ thô. | 11 Call a man to carry earth. |
| 12 phâk kàu ta ta. | 12 Sun it till it is dry. |
| 13 taⁿ jîh gūa tàⁿ thô, sip sip. | 13 Carried over twenty loads of earth. Dank. |
| 14 úa taⁿ ŭ sâp gūa tàⁿ. | 14 I have carried over thirty loads. |
| 15 lʉ́ taⁿ ŭ kúi tàⁿ? | 15 How many loads did you carry? |
| 16 i tɵ̆ cáu bé lâu kîaⁿ lâi, kîaⁿ khʉ̀. | 16 He is walking back and forth on the verandah. |
| 17 cí cêk cɵ̄ chù khí kàu taⁿ ŭ jîeh kú lío? | 17 How long since this house was built? |
| 18 i àiⁿ khí kâi cáu bé lâu. | 18 He will build a verandah. |
| 19 m̄ sĭ hʉ́ cêk tîo lō. | 19 It is not that road. |
| 20 lō tâm tâm m̄ hɵ́ kîaⁿ. | 20 The road is very wet, so that one cannot well walk. |
| 21 taⁿ khí kîaⁿ cuang. | 21 Carry the luggage. |
| 22 cuang kúi tàⁿ îu khù bōi. | 22 Decant several piculs of oil for selling. |
