Elementary Lessons In The Swatow Dialect/Lesson 12

by J. C. G.

LESSON XII.—Ecclesiastical.

1. This is a monastery.
2. Are there any priests?
3. There are no priests; there are priestesses.
4. How many are there?
5. Over twenty.
6. What do they do?
7. Read the Sutras.
8. That is a temple.
9. Is it a Buddhist or Taoist (temple)?
10. It is a Taoist temple.
11. What is the difference?
12. Do priests live here?
13. There are no priests at a temple.
14. He is a Missionary.
15. Have you become a convert?
16. I have not.
17. Is there a chapel here?
18. There are two.
19. Are they Protestant or Catholic?
20. One is Protestant.
21. The other (lit, one) is Catholic.
22. Who are the Catholic Missionaries?
23. They are all Frenchmen.
24. Have they families?
25. They have no families.
26. They are not allowed to marry.
27. They wear Chinese clothes.
28. They eat Chinese food.
29. What is the intention of this?
30. They want to be like Chinamen.
31. Is there any other meaning?

1. Chí-kâi^{[errata 1]} sĩ-am.
2. Ũ hûe-siēⁿ a-bô?
3. Bô hûe-siēⁿ; ũ nî-kou.
4. Ũ jie̍h-tsōi?
5. Ũ jī-tsa̍p-gūa kâi.
6. I tsò sĩ-mih-sṳ̄?
7. Liām-keng.
8. Hṳ́-kâi sĩ-biē.
9. Sĩ Hu̍t-kà--kâi, a sĩ Tãu-kà--kâi?
10. Sĩ Tãu-kà kâi-biē.
11. Ũ sĩ-mih hun-pie̍t?
12. Tōa ũ hun-pie̍t.^[1]
13. Chí-kò ũ hûe-siēⁿ khiã-khí--bô?
14. Biē-lãi bô-hûe-siēⁿ.
15. I sĩ thûan-tãu sin-seⁿ.
16. Lṳ́ ũ ji̍p siàⁿ-hũe a-bô?
17. Būe-chêng.
18. Chí-kò ũ lói-pài-tn̂g a-bô?
19. Ũ nõⁿ-kâi.
20. Sĩ Iâ-sou-kà a sĩ Thien-tsú-kà?
21. Che̍k-kâi sĩ Iâ-sou-kà.
22. Che̍k-kâi sĩ Thien-tsú kà.
23. Thien-tsú kà kâi sîn-hũ sĩ sĩ-mih-nâng?
24. Lóng-tsóng sĩ Huap-kok--kâi-nâng.
25. Ũ ke-kùan a-bô?
26. Bô ke-kùan.
27. M̄-tsún i tshūa-chhin.
28. I chhēng Tn̂g-nâng saⁿ-khòu.
29. I chia̍h Tn̂g-nâng chia̍h.
30. Chí-kâi ũ sĩ-mih ì-sṳ̀?
31. I àiⁿ chhin-chhiẽⁿ Tn̂g-nâng.
32. Hûan ũ pa̍t-kâi ì-sṳ̀ a-bô?

1. Erratum:-- on page 24 for “12. What is the difference?” read “11. What is the difference? 12. There is a great difference.”

1. Original: kai was amended to kâi: detail