Elementary Lessons In The Swatow Dialect/Lesson 10

by J. C. G.

LESSON X.—Commercial.

1. What business does he do?
2. I am a merchant.
3. Where is your hong?
4. What is it called? (its style).
5. How long have you been in business?
6. Call the comprador
7. Have you made up your accounts?
8. I have not made them up clearly yet.
9. Every month you ought to make them up once.
10. This account is wrong.
11. It must be done over again,
12. Have these dollars been shroffed?
13. Call the shroff to shroff them.
14. If there are any bad ones, go and change them,
15. When weighed how heavy are they?
16. Ten of them are a little light.
17. Call the accountant.
18. Where is the tea-taster?
19. He is tasting tea.
20. What goods are these?
21. All miscellaneous goods.
22. Have they passed the Customs?
23. They have all passed.
24. He wants to open a hong.
25. I’m afraid he'll lose his money (lit. capital),
26. There’s not much business here.
27. Where is his shop?
28. Put these goods in the godown.
29. Tomorrow is Sunday; I shan’t come.
30. When does the steamer leave?
31. How many passengers are there?
32. I want to send some letters (or a letter).

1. I tsò sĩ-mih seng-lí?
2. Uá sĩ tsò seng-lí nâng.
3. Lṳ́ kâi-hâng tõ-tî-kò?
4. Sĩ-mih jī-hō?
5. Lṳ́ tsò seng-lí ũ jie̍h-kú?
6. Hàm kúan-sṳ̄ lâi.
7. Lṳ́ kâi-siàu ũ-sǹg a-bô?
8. Sǹg būe chheng-tshó.
9. Múe-gue̍h tie̍h-sǹg che̍k-pái.
10. Chí-tiâu-siàu sǹg-tāⁿ.
11. Tie̍h lêng-gūa sǹg.
12. Chí-kâi-ngṳ̂n ũ thóiⁿ--kùe a-būe?
13. Hàm thóiⁿ-ngṳ̂n lâi-thóiⁿ.
14. Jia̍k ũ m̄-hó--kâi khie̍h-khṳ̀-uāⁿ.
15. Phêng--kùe jie̍h-tãng?
16. Tsa̍p-kâi iáu-khin.
17. Hàm tshâi-hù lâi.
18. Tê-sṳ tõ-tî-kò?
19. I tõ chhì-tê.
20. Chí-kâi sĩ sĩ-mih-hùe?
21. Lóng-tsóng sĩ tsa̍p-hùe.
22. Ũ kùe-hiàng a-būe?
23. Kùe chheng-tshó--liáu.
24. I àiⁿ khui-hâng.
25. Kiaⁿ-ùi si̍h-pńg.
26. Chí-kâi tī-hng bô-mih seng-lí.
27. I kâi phòu tõ-tî-kò?
28. Chí-kâi hùe pàng tõ tsàn^{[errata 1]}-pâng.
29. Mùa-khí sĩ Lói-pài-ji̍t, uá m̄-lâi.
30. Húe-tsûn tiâng-sî kiâⁿ?
31. Ũ jie̍h-tsōi kheh?
32. Uá àiⁿ kià-sìn--khṳ̀.

1. Original: tsàng was amended to tsàn: detail