Elementary Lessons In The Swatow Dialect/Lesson 13

by J. C. G.

LESSON XIII.—Nautical.

1. This is a steamer.
2. That is a sailing-vessel.
3. There is no wind today.
4. How many passengers are there on board?
5. Are there a thousand passengers?
6. They are all Chinese.
7. Where are they going to?
8. They are going to Singapore.
9. When shall we reach port.
10. This vessel is very fast.
11. How many li will it go in an hour?
12. It will go over thirty li.
13. This is the Captain.
14. Steamers don’t use sails.
15. How much coal do you use per diem?
16. This is according to the speed of the ship.
17. If she goes fast, a great deal is used;
18. If she goes slow, then a smaller quantity.
19. Where is the chief officer?
20. He is on deck.
21. The sleeping-berths are here.
22. Where is the saloon?
23. How many passengers can this vessel take?
24. Call the carpenter.
25. Tell him to mend this door.
26. It has no lock.
27. The key has been lost.
28. Make another one.
29. At what time do you have dinner?
30. How many sailors are there?
31. Can you make way in a fog?
32. We don’t dare go fast in a fog.

1. Chí-kâi sĩ húe-tsûn.
2. Hṳ́-kâi sĩ kap-pán-tsûn.
3. Kim-ji̍t bô-huang.
4. Tsûn-lãi ũ jie̍h-tsōi kheh?
5. Ũ che̍k-tshoiⁿ kheh a-bô?
6. Lóng-tsóng sĩ Tn̂g-nâng.
7. I àiⁿ khṳ̀ sĩ-mih káng-mn̂g?
8. Aìⁿ khṳ̀ Si̍t-la̍t.
9. Tiâng-sî kàu-káng?
10. Chí chiah-tsûn mé-tsãi.
11. Che̍k-tiám-cheng kiâⁿ ũ jie̍h-tsōi lí?
12. Kiâⁿ ũ saⁿ-tsa̍p-gūa lí.
13. Chí-kâi sĩ tsûn-tsú.
14. Húe^{[errata 1]}-tsûn bô sái-huang.
15. Che̍k-ji̍t ēng jie̍h-tsōi thôu-thùaⁿ?
16. Chí-kâi sĩ lũn-tsûn kiâⁿ mé-mān.
17. Kiâⁿ-mé ēng-tsōi;
18. Kiâⁿ-mān chiũ ēng-chié.
19. Tōa-húe tõ-tî-kò?
20. I tõ tsûn-téng.
21. Bā-lî tõ-chí-kò.
22. Kheh-thiaⁿ tõ-tî-kò?
23. Chí-kâi-tsûn tsài jie̍h-tsōi kheh?
24. Hàm ba̍k-kang sai-pẽ lâi.
25. Chí-kâi-mn̂g hàm i siu-si̍p.
26. Bô só-thâu.
27. Ki-só-sî m̄-kìⁿ--khṳ̀.
28. Lêng-gūa phah che̍k-ki.
29. Kúi-tiám-cheng chia̍h-pn̄g?
30. Ũ jie̍h-tsōi tsúi-siú?
31. Mông-in hó-kiâⁿ-tsûn a m̄-hó?
32. Mông-in m̄-káⁿ kiâⁿ-mé.

1. Original: Hûe was amended to Húe: detail