Elementary Lessons In The Swatow Dialect/Lesson 13
LESSON XIII.—Nautical.
- This is a steamer.
- That is a sailing-vessel.
- There is no wind today.
- How many passengers are there on board?
- Are there a thousand passengers?
- They are all Chinese.
- Where are they going to?
- They are going to Singapore.
- When shall we reach port.
- This vessel is very fast.
- How many li will it go in an hour?
- It will go over thirty li.
- This is the Captain.
- Steamers don’t use sails.
- How much coal do you use per diem?
- This is according to the speed of the ship.
- If she goes fast, a great deal is used;
- If she goes slow, then a smaller quantity.
- Where is the chief officer?
- He is on deck.
- The sleeping-berths are here.
- Where is the saloon?
- How many passengers can this vessel take?
- Call the carpenter.
- Tell him to mend this door.
- It has no lock.
- The key has been lost.
- Make another one.
- At what time do you have dinner?
- How many sailors are there?
- Can you make way in a fog?
- We don’t dare go fast in a fog.
- Chí-kâi sĩ húe-tsûn.
- Hṳ́-kâi sĩ kap-pán-tsûn.
- Kim-ji̍t bô-huang.
- Tsûn-lãi ũ jie̍h-tsōi kheh?
- Ũ che̍k-tshoiⁿ kheh a-bô?
- Lóng-tsóng sĩ Tn̂g-nâng.
- I àiⁿ khṳ̀ sĩ-mih káng-mn̂g?
- Aìⁿ khṳ̀ Si̍t-la̍t.
- Tiâng-sî kàu-káng?
- Chí chiah-tsûn mé-tsãi.
- Che̍k-tiám-cheng kiâⁿ ũ jie̍h-tsōi lí?
- Kiâⁿ ũ saⁿ-tsa̍p-gūa lí.
- Chí-kâi sĩ tsûn-tsú.
- Húe[errata 1]-tsûn bô sái-huang.
- Che̍k-ji̍t ēng jie̍h-tsōi thôu-thùaⁿ?
- Chí-kâi sĩ lũn-tsûn kiâⁿ mé-mān.
- Kiâⁿ-mé ēng-tsōi;
- Kiâⁿ-mān chiũ ēng-chié.
- Tōa-húe tõ-tî-kò?
- I tõ tsûn-téng.
- Bā-lî tõ-chí-kò.
- Kheh-thiaⁿ tõ-tî-kò?
- Chí-kâi-tsûn tsài jie̍h-tsōi kheh?
- Hàm ba̍k-kang sai-pẽ lâi.
- Chí-kâi-mn̂g hàm i siu-si̍p.
- Bô só-thâu.
- Ki-só-sî m̄-kìⁿ--khṳ̀.
- Lêng-gūa phah che̍k-ki.
- Kúi-tiám-cheng chia̍h-pn̄g?
- Ũ jie̍h-tsōi tsúi-siú?
- Mông-in hó-kiâⁿ-tsûn a m̄-hó?
- Mông-in m̄-káⁿ kiâⁿ-mé.