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First Lessons in the Swatow Dialect.
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LESSON XXIII.
目 mâk;
the eye.
睛 * ciu;
the eyeball.
眉 bâi;
brow; crescent.
毛 mɵ̂;
hair; feathers.
草 cháu;
grass; weeds.
芽 * mɵ;
rank grass.
日 jît;
sun; day.
月 gûeh;
moon; month.
本 pún;
pńg; classifier of books; own; origin.
分 hun;
a tenth; to divide.
分 hūn;
a part or share.
分 pun;
distribute.
1 câp hun: poih hun. 1 The whole: eight tenths.
2 saⁿ hun: ngŏ hun. 2 Thirty per cent: one half.
3 lʉ́ ŭ kúi pńg? 3 How many volumes have you?
4 gûeh bâi: mâk bâi. 4 The new moon: eyebrow.
5 i mâk ciu thìaⁿ. 5 He has sore eyes.
6 i seⁿ lâi mâk ciu sòi. 6 He has naturally small eyes.
7 i sĭ pńg tī nâng. 7 He is a native.
8 cí kâi sĭ i kâi pńg hu. 8 This is her own husband.
9 cí kɵ̀ sĭ i kâi pńg tī. 9 This is his own country.
10 i pun cɵ̀ nɵ̆ ki. 10 It separated into two branches.
11 jît thâu: gûeh nîe. 11 The sun: the moon.
12 jît jît: kíaⁿ jît. 12 Every day: to-day.
13 poih gûeh, câp sì, kùe hūn. 13 The fourteenth of the eighth month. Exceed one’s sphere.
14 ău jît: ău jît. 14 Hereafter: day after to-morrow.
15 i bɵ̂ thâu mɵ̂. 15 He has no hair.
16 jît chut: jît jîp. 16 Sunrise: sunset.
17 khʉ̀ chūe cháu mɵ. 17 Go and seek ferns.
18 i ke kúi jît àiⁿ lâi. 18 He will come in a few days.
19 keh ke saⁿ jît. 19 Three days afterward.
20 keh ke cêk jît. 20 In one day more.
21 úa bɵ̂ pún sʉ̄. 21 I have not the wherewith.
22 sĭ lʉ́ kâi pńg hūn. 22 It is your duty.
23 nín kâi ke, pun a būe? 23 Is your estate divided yet?
24 lʉ́ hūn lăi pun ŭ jîeh cōi? 24 How much was there in your share?
25 cí kĭaⁿ mûeh kàu kúi hun hɵ́? 25 What proportion of this is good?
26 cí kâi gûeh hūn, sĭ úa cɵ̀. úa hūn lăi kâi sʉ̄. 26 This portion of the month I do it. That within my sphere.
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