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First Lessons in the Swatow Dialect.
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LESSON XXX.
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| 1 m̄ sĭ cìeⁿ seⁿ. | 1 It is not so. |
| 2 lʉ́ cɵ̀ nî ŏi hìeⁿ mé lâi? | 2 How is it that you are come so soon? |
| 3 i sĭ tàⁿ cìeⁿ seⁿ a m̄ sĭ? | 3 He said so did he not? |
| 4 cɵ̀ àn úa cìeⁿ seⁿ cɵ̀. | 4 Do as I am doing. |
| 5 àn cío pue hìeⁿ mé. | 5 As fast as a bird flies. |
| 6 nɵ̆ kâi m̄ sie tâng. | 6 The two are not alike. |
| 7 ŏi sie tâng a bŏi? | 7 Are they alike? |
| 8 hái káu: cúi ah: suaⁿ koi. | 8 A seal: teal: pheasant. |
| 9 hái koi bɵ́: ah cîh. | 9 A sea gull: duck’s bill. |
| 10 mài sía hìeⁿ mé. | 10 Do not write so fast. |
| 11 koi ang: koi bɵ́, koi kíaⁿ. | 11 Cock: hen: chicken. |
| 12 i lâi mn̄g hāu lʉ́. | 12 He has come to pay his respects to you. |
| 13 seⁿ lâi sie tâng sie tâng. | 13 They are exactly alike. |
| 14 seⁿ lâi m̄ siang tâng. | 14 They are not alike. |
| 15 cìeⁿ seⁿ kâi nâng. | 15 That sort of people. |
| 16 cèng nâng tâng sim. | 16 They are all of one mind. |
| 17 cèng nâng tàⁿ ūe m̄ tâng sim. | 17 They all spoke different minds. |
| 18 hɵ́ cang sih mih kâi khɵ́ pí i? | 18 What can be taken to compare with it? |
| 19 bɵ̂ khɵ́ pí: bɵ̂ hɵ́ pí. | 19 Incomparable. |
| 20 m̄ tâng īeⁿ. | 20 Not agreeing in kind. |
| 21 khɵ́ pí ŭ cêk ciah cío. | 21 It is as if there were a bird—. |
| 22 cìeⁿ seⁿ cɵ̀, khá ŏi a bŏi? | 22 Could it thus be done? |
| 23 ciang lâi sĭ ŭ cɵ̀ nî? | 23 How will it be in the future? |
| 24 ah pí cío īa ŭ sît, khá ŏi tâng cío pue, mē? | 24 Ducks like birds have wings, but can they fly as do birds? |
| 25 i sie phah, sie kă. | 25 They strike and bite each other. |
