Elementary Lessons In The Swatow Dialect/Lesson 1

by J. C. G.

LESSON I.—Domestic.

1. Get tea.
2. Get dinner (or any meal).
3. Call some one.
4. I want a bath.
5. There is no water.
6. Have you had dinner yet?
7. Is there any beef?
8. There is no beef.
9. There is mutton.
10. Bring some bread.
11. Bring some hot water.
12. I don’t want wine.
13. Call the cook.
14. He hasn’t come back yet.
15. Is there any milk?
16. There is a little.
17. Is it good?
18. Not very good.
19. Put it here.
20. These are fowl’s eggs.
21. They are not very large ones.
22. They are nicer than large ones.
23. Is this good to eat?
24. It is (good to eat).
25. Aye there any fowls?
26. What is this?
27. Is there any other?
28. The cook has come.
29. Does he smoke opium?
30. That’s uncertain.
31. Who is he?
32. He is a Chinaman.

1. Pû-tê.
2. Pû-pn̄g.
3. Hàm--nâng lâi.
4. Uá àiⁿ sói-e̍k.
5. Bô-tsúi.
6. Lṳ́ chia̍h-pn̄g a-būe?
7. Ũ gû-ne̍k a-bô?
8. Bô gû-ne̍k.
9. Ũ iêⁿ-ne̍k.
10. Khie̍h mīⁿ-pau--lâi.
11. Khiéh sie-tsúi--lâi.
12. Chiú uá màiⁿ.
13. Hàm húe-thâu--lâi.
14. Huan-būe tńg--lâi.
15. Ũ gû-nĩⁿ^{[errata 1]} a-bô?
16. Ũ lân-ló.
17. Hó a m̄-hó?
18. Bô mih-hó.
19. Pàng tõ-chí-kò
20. Chí-kâi sĩ koi-nñg.
21. Bô mih-tōa-kâi.
22. Pí tōa--kâi kèng-hó.
23. Chí-kâi hó-chia̍h a m̄ hó?
24. Hó-chia̍h.
25. Ũ koi a-bô?
26. Chí-kâi sĩ sĩ-mih-mue̍h?
27. Hûan-ũ pa̍t-kâi_a-bô?
28. Húe-thâu lâi--liáu.
29. I ũ chia̍h a-phièn a-bô?
30. Bô-tiāⁿ tie̍h.
31. I sĩ sĩ-mih-nâng?
32. I sĩ Tn̂g-nâng

1. Original: nĩ was amended to nĩⁿ: detail