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Lesson X.
小兒在耍
Nouⁿ-kiáⁿ tõ sńg
The boys are playing.
我在寫字
Uá tõ siá-jī
I am writing.
亞奴在哭
A-nôuⁿ tõ khàu
The child is crying.
伊呾伊要去
I tàⁿ i àiⁿ-lâi
He says he is coming.
伊要轉去
I àiⁿ-tńg--khṳ̀
He is going home.

comparison of adjectives.

the comparative degree.

The words employed in the comparative degree are 愈 zú, 敬 kèng, (more) 𢰳 ióu, (a little) 過 kùe, (over) 贏 iâⁿ (to be superior, to defeat,) and 輸, (to be inferior, to be defeated.)

愈多愈好
Zú-tsōi zú-hó
The more the better.
只個𢰳大
Chí--kâi ióu-tūa
This is a little larger.
伊有愈多我
I ũ zú-tsōi uá
He has more than I.
此個敬長過彼個
Chí--kâi kèng-tn̂g kùe hṳ́-kâi
This is longer than that.
爾個好。我個愈敬好
Lṳ́--kâi hó, uá--kâi zú-kèng hó
Yours is good, (but) mine better.
伊會走猛過我
He can run faster than I.
伊行猛過伊走
Lṳ́ kiâⁿ méⁿ-kùe i tsáu
You walk faster than he runs.
潮州府會贏過汕頭或袂
Tiê-chiu-hú õi iâⁿ-kùe Suaⁿ-thâu a-bõi?
Is Ch'ao-chow-fu better than Swatow?