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First Lessons in the Swatow Dialect.
LESSON III.
| 人 | nâng, jîn; | man, person. |
| 物 | mûeh; | things. |
| 屋 | * chù; | house. |
| 在 | tɵ̆; | be, dwell. |
| 個 | kâi; | one, a classifier. |
| 的 | *kâi; | possessive. |
| 別 | pîet, pât; | other. |
| 毋 | bɵ̂; | prohibitory particle. |
| 此 | chʉ́, cí; | this, here. |
| 彼 | pí, hʉ́; | that, there. |
| 這 | cé, cí; | this, here. |
| 那 | ná, hʉ́; | that, there. |
| 1 nâng nâng: bɵ̂ nâng. | 1 Everybody: nobody. |
| 2 cí kâi nâng sĭ hɵ́ nâng. | 2 This is a good man. |
| 3 īa sĭ ŭ nâng lâi. | 3 Should anybody come. |
| 4 bɵ̂ pât nâng tɵ̆. | 4 There is no one else here. |
| 5 hʉ́ kâi mûeh sĭ m̄ hɵ́. | 5 That thing is bad. |
| 6 lʉ́ àiⁿ khʉ̀ chʉ̀ a būe? | 6 Are you going home yet? |
| 7 cí cêk kâi m̄ hɵ́. | 7 This one is not good. |
| 8 àiⁿ hʉ́ cêk kâi. | 8 I want that one. |
| 9 tɵ̆ hʉ́ bɵ̂ nâng tɵ̆. | 9 There is no one there. |
| 10 kâi kâi sĭ hɵ́. | 10 Every one of them is good. |
| 11 lâi, kâi nâng, kâi nâng. | 11 Come one by one. |
| 12 tɵ̆ lʉ́: tɵ̆ i. | 12 As you like: it is his affair. |
| 13 bɵ̂ nâng cai. | 13 Nobody knows. |
| 14 nâng nâng àiⁿ. | 14 Everybody wants it. |
| 15 bɵ̂ pât nâng lâi. | 15 No one else came. |
| 16 cí kâi bɵ̂ mih hɵ́. | 16 This is not very good. |
| 17 bɵ̂ lʉ́ khʉ̀. | 17 You shall not go. |
| 18 bɵ̂ lʉ́ lâi. nâng mûeh. úa kâi. | 18 You will not be allowed to come. People. Mine. |
| 19 nín kâi chù: ẃn kâi mûeh. | 19 Your house: our things. |
| 20 bɵ̂ pîet pí chʉ́. | 20 Not distinguishing between this and that. |
| 21 pât nâng: pât mûeh. | 21 Other people: other things. |
| 22 hʉ́ kâi nâng sĭm hɵ́. | 22 That man is excellent. |
| 23 i tɵ̆ úa kâi chù. | 23 It is at my house. |
| 24 hʉ́ kâi chù bɵ̂ nâng tɵ̆. | 24 There is no one at that house. |
| 25 cí kâi mûeh sĭ lʉ́ kâi a m̄-sĭ? pât mûeh. | 25 This thing is yours or not? Something else. |