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First Lessons in the Swatow Dialect.
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LESSON XXXI.
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| 1 úa sĭeⁿ m̄ chut. | 1 I cannot think of it. |
| 2 ŏi sĭeⁿ kìⁿ a bŏi? | 2 Can you think it out? |
| 3 úa kâi sim sĭeⁿ. côiⁿ nî. | 3 My thoughts. Year before last. |
| 4 câp lí cɵ̀ cêk phò. | 4 Ten lí make a league. |
| 5 cêk lí lō jîeh cōi tn̆g tn̆g? ău, nɵ̆ nî. | 5 How many tn̆g in one lí of length? Two years after. |
| 6 câp hun cɵ̀ cêk chùn. | 6 Ten tenths make an inch. |
| 7 câp chùn cɵ̀ cêk chieh. | 7 Ten inches make a foot. |
| 8 câp chieh cɵ̀ cêk tn̆g. | 8 Ten feet make a tn̆g. |
| 9 sĭeⁿ tn̂g, sĭeⁿ tɵ́. | 9 Think it all over. |
| 10 kau íⁿ àiⁿ cɵ̀ kúi chieh kûiⁿ? | 10 How many feet high will you make the dining chairs? |
| 11 nín nɵ̆ nâng bɵ̂ mih kûiⁿ kĕ. | 11 You two are not very different in height. |
| 12 lʉ́ úa lâi kìⁿ kâi kau ti. | 12 Let us see which is ablest. |
| 13 lʉ́ kâi nâng kûiⁿ kùe i kâi nâng. ŏi tɵ́ cí kâi a bŏi? | 18 You are taller than he. Is it any shorter than this? |
| 14 ĕ hûe mài lâi. | 14 Another time do not come. |
| 15 hâh cɵ̀ cêk ē khʉ̀. | 15 Take them all at once. |
| 16 chíu ĕ. kàu kìⁿ. | 16 Dependents. Opinion. |
| 17 lʉ́ ŭ sih mih kau kìⁿ? | 17 What is your opinion? |
| 18 pàng tɵ̆ chn̂g ĕ. | 18 Put it under the table. |
| 19 ĕ jît; ĕ chʉ̀. | 19 Another day: next time. |
| 20 ĕ gûeh; ĕ mīn. | 20 The following month: under surface. |
| 21 tn̂g tɵ́ cɵ̀ cêk ē sǹg. | 21 Reckon them all together, the long ones, and the short ones. |
| 22 cêk ē cêk ē thiaⁿ kìⁿ. | 22 Hear it stroke after stroke. |
| 23 thiⁿ ĕ nâng mûeh. | 23 All under heaven. |
| 24 cɵ̀ kàu chit chieh tn̂g. | 24 Make it seven feet long. |
