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First Lessons in the Swatow Dialect.

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LESSON XXXIV.

衫 saⁿ;: clothes,
褲 khò;: trowsers.
異 ĭ, kɵh;: strange.
平 phêng;: peace; adjust.
平 phêⁿ, pêⁿ;: level, even.
差 cha, tāⁿ;: err; differ.

曉 hío;: comprehend.
返 tńg;: return.
反 hẃn;: póiⁿ: turn.
掀 hien;: lift, jerk, whisk.
翻 hwn;: flutter; turn over.
轉 cẃn;: tńg; revolve.

1 saⁿ khò tû. ŏi ngân a bŏi?	1 A clothes-press. Are you cold?
2 cha m̄ tɵ; cha put tɵ.	2 Not much difference.
3 lʉ́ kāng úa cɵ̀-pû khʉ̀.	3 You go with me.
4 nán cɵ̀-pû lâi khʉ̀.	4 We will go together.
5 khîeh tńg khʉ̀ hâiⁿ i.	5 Go back and return it to him.
6 ún ka kī kâi saⁿ khò khîeh m̄ tîeh. kûaⁿ jîet.	6 We did not get even our own clothes. Chills and fever.
7 nɵ̆ kâi pêⁿ pêⁿ cêk īeⁿ.	7 The two are just alike.
8 phêⁿ īeⁿ: pheⁿ pheⁿ īeⁿ.	8 Alike: just alike.
9 hẃn kùe lâi: póiⁿ kùe lâi.	9 Turn it over sidewise.
10 hien kùe lâi.	10 Lift it up and invert it.
11 i hwn lâi hwn khʉ̀.	11 He rolled back and forth.
12 hwn cʉ.	12 Turn the leaves of a book.
13 ēng n̂gn ūaⁿ cɵ̀ mûeh kìe cɵ̀ bói.	13 To exchange money for things is called buying.
14 bói lío bɵ̂ ēng.	14 Of no use after being bought.
15 m̄ sĭ ēng cîⁿ n̂gn hɵ́ bói.	15 Not to be bought with money.
16 lʉ́ tàⁿ tāⁿ.	16 You mistook in speaking.
17 cêk hío cĭu bŏi tāⁿ.	17 Comprehend it and you won’t err.
18 tîeh lêng ūaⁿ cẃn cɵ̀.	18 Must do it all over again.
19 hwn tńg kùe lâi, úa thóiⁿ.	19 Turn it over that I may see it.
20 lêng ūaⁿ tńg chùi tàⁿ.	20 Say it over again.
21 lʉ́ hɵ́ pàng pêⁿ.	21 Put it down level.
22 lʉ́ phêng jît cɵ̀ mih sū?	22 What did you heretofore do?
23 phêng sim lâi lŭn.	23 Discuss candidly.
24 i seⁿ lâi kɵh īeⁿ.	24 He is naturally different.
25 ĭ nâng: ĭ sʉ̄.	25 Strangers: strange affair.
26 lʉ́ cêk cẃn sĭeⁿ, sim cĭu phêng.	26 You think it over, and you will be reconciled to it.