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LESSON XXV.

鼻 phīⁿ;

nose.

嗅 * phīⁿ;

smell.

竹 tek;

bamboo.

另 * lêng;

besides.

換 ūaⁿ;

exchange.

輩 pùe, hùe;

class, sort.

竿 kɵ;

reed; staff.

香 * phang;

fragrant.

臭 * chàu;

stinking.

易 kōi;

easy.

難 lân, ɵh;

difficult.

各 kak;

each.

1 i sĭang kōi cîah húe.	1 It is very easy to burn.
2 kak nâng kak nâng kâi sʉ̄.	2 Each persons affairs are his own.
3 kak nâng kak nâng kâi.	3 Each one’s things are his own.
4 lâm cʉ́ hùe tɵ̆ cí gūa, nńg cʉ́ hùe tɵ̆ hʉ́ lăi.	4 The menkind are to be out here, and the women in there.
5 i ŭ phīⁿ, i kâi phīⁿ bŏi phīⁿ phang chàu.	5 He has a nose, but he cannot smell.
6 khʉ̀ chūe ki tek kɵ lâi.	6 Go and find a bamboo pole.
7 mài lêng ūaⁿ lâi.	7 Do not come again.
8 m̄ cai i lêng gūa ŭ a bɵ̂.	8 Do not know whether he has any besides.
9 i a nôⁿ kíaⁿ hùe m̄ cai.	9 The children do not know.
10 hŭ jîn hùe m̄ hɵ́ khʉ̀.	10 Women should not go.
11 i cʉ nîe hùe bɵ̂ lâi.	11 The ladies did not come.
12 kàu sǹg sìo kâi jît.	12 At the day of reckoning.
13 hʉ́ kâi mûeh ɵh chūe.	13 That thing is hard to find.
14 sĭ kōi, sĭ ɵh, tîeh cɵ̀ kàu chŵn.	14 Hard or easy, it must be completed.
15 ŏi phang a bŏi?	15 Is it fragrant?
16 i kâi chùi chàu.	16 His breath is offensive.
17 cí kâi àiⁿ ūaⁿ cɵ̀ hʉ́ kâi. cí kĭaⁿ mûeh lân cɵ̀.	17 I want to exchange this for that. This is difficult to make.
18 kōi cɵ̀: ɵh cɵ̀.	18 Easily done: hard to do.
19 sĭ tek cɵ̀ kâi.	19 It is made of bamboo.
20 ke sì jît àiⁿ lêng ūaⁿ khʉ̀.	20 Going again in three days.
21 lʉ́ tōa pùe, a i tōa pùe?	21 Are you or he the older?
22 cí kâi ūe lân tàⁿ.	22 This language is hard to speak.
23 cai lân, put lân.	23 Knowing the difficulty overcomes it.