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Lesson XIV.
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共携壹張紙
Kah khiéh chék-tieⁿ tsúa
And a sheet of paper.
是可紙。白竹紙或是西國紙
Sĩ-mih tsúa, péh-tek-tsúa a-sĩ sai-kok-tsúa
What sort of paper, Chinese or foreign?
隨便都好
Zuãn tou-hó
Either will do.
先生要寫字爾來磨墨
Sin-seⁿ àiⁿ siá-jī lṳ́ lâi bûa-bák
The teacher is going to write, you come and rub the ink-stick.
信皮要否
Sìn-phûe àiⁿ mē?
Do you want an envelope?
要也。携張來
Àiⁿ a, khiéh tieⁿ lâi
Yes, get me one.
草蓆共拭脚個蓑携去晒
Tsháu-chhiéh kah chhit-kha kâi sui, khiéh khṳ̀ phák
Take the matting and the door-mat and air them in the sun.
拍清潔。了正去晒
Pũaⁿ chheng-khih, lióu chiàⁿ-khṳ̀ phák
Beat them clean before putting them in the sun.
走馬樓個簾放落來
Tsáu-bé-lâu kâi liâm pàng--lôh-lâi
Let go the blinds of the verandah.
爾曉撞
Lṳ́ hióu thn̄g-chí mē?
Can you play billiards?
曉也。爾要共我輸贏
Hióu a, lṳ́ àiⁿ kah uá su-iâⁿ?
Yes, do you wish to have a match with me?
咱來撞戲耍就好
Nán lâi thn̄g thit-thô chiũ-hó
Let us simply play (a game) for pleasure.
免用相輸。我不上賭賻
Mín-ēng sie-su, uá m̄-siãng puáh-chîⁿ
We needn't have a match, as I don't like to gamble.
賭賻是不好事
Puáh-chîⁿ sĩ m̄-móⁿ sṳ̄
Gambling is a bad thing.

Bed Room.

眠床
Mîn-tshn̂g
A bedstead.
抗床
Khàng-tshn̂g
A Chinese couch.
Phou
A bed formed of two benches with boards laid across.
Zók
Mattress.