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First Lessons in the Swatow Dialect.
LESSON I.
我 úa; I, me.
爾 lʉ́; you, singular.
伊 i; he, she, it, they.
我等 * ún, ẃn; we, excluding the hearer.
們俺 * nán; we, including the hearer.
們汝 * nín; you, plural
去 khʉ̀; go.
欲 àiⁿ; wish, will.
不 put, m̄, m̆; no, not.
也 īa, a; or, whether.
呢 * nē; interrogative, expressing doubt.
嗎 * mē; interrogative particle.
1 úa khʉ̀: úa m̄ khʉ̀. 1 I go: I go not.
2 ún àiⁿ khʉ̀; úa m̆ khʉ̀. 2 I will go: I won’t go.
3 úa m̄ àiⁿ khʉ̀. 3 I do not wish to go.
4 lʉ́ àiⁿ a m̄ àiⁿ? 4 Do you want it or not?
5 i àiⁿ, nán àiⁿ. They want it and we want it.
6 nín àiⁿ, ẃn m̄ àiⁿ. 6 You want it, we don’t.
7 nín khʉ̀, ún m̄ khʉ̀. 7 You go, we are not going.
8 úa àiⁿ khʉ̀, i m̄. 8 I shall go, he will not.
9 lʉ́ àiⁿ khʉ̀, a m̆? 9 Do you wish to go or not?
10 khʉ̀ a m̄ khʉ̀, úa àiⁿ. 10 Whether I go or not I want it.
11 nín khʉ̀ a m̄ khʉ̀, ún àiⁿ khʉ̀. 11 Whether you go or not, we are going.
12 i àiⁿ, úa m̆. 12 He wants it, and I won’t give it to him.
13 úa m̆ àiⁿ khʉ̀. I have decided not to go.
14 lʉ́ àiⁿ, mē? 14 Do you want it?
15 khʉ̀ a m̄ khʉ̀, nē? 15 Are you going or not?
16 lʉ́ úa m̆ khʉ̀. 16 You and I won’t go.
17 nín àiⁿ a m̄? 17 Do you want it or not?
18 nín àiⁿ, mē? 18 Do you want it?
19 i àiⁿ khʉ̀, mē? 19 Is she going to go?
20 àiⁿ a m̄ àiⁿ, nē? 20 Do they want it?
21 ẃn àiⁿ m̆ khʉ̀. 21 We are going to decide not to go.
22 àiⁿ khʉ̀ a m̄? 22 Are you going or not?
23 àiⁿ khʉ̀ a m̆? 23 Do you wish to go or not?
24 m̄ khʉ̀: m̆ khʉ̀. 24 Am not going: won’t go.
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