Elementary Lessons In The Swatow Dialect/Lesson 7

by J. C. G.

LESSON VII.—Opposites.

1. This man is tall.
2. I am shorter than he.
3. That cow is fat.
4. This sheep is thin.
5. This string is too long.
6. The thread is too short; it’s not enough.
7. This is a very large house.
8. The road is too narrow for walking.
9. This chair is strong.
10. This table is rather weak.
11. He (his body) is very strong.
12. I am weaker than he.
13. This table-cloth is wet.
14. Dry it, and bring it back,
15. This rock is very hard.
16. My pillow is soft.
17. Your hands are dirty.
18. You should wash them clean,
19. I want hot water.
20. I don’t want to use cold water,
21. Out at sea it’s very deep.
22. Rivers are more shallow.
23. It’s very far by water.
24. By land it’s nearer by half.
25. The bananas are not ripe yet.
26. These oranges are too unripe.
27. I don’t want the eggs too much cooked.
28. I want to eat the oysters raw.
29. There are a great many water-buffaloes.
30. There are very few goats.
31. He is a clever fellow.
32. You are careless.

1. Chí-kâi-nâng kûiⁿ.
2. Uá pí-i kèng-kẽ.
3. Hṳ́-chiah-gû pûi.
4. Chí-chiah-iêⁿ sán.
5. Chí-kâi-sùaⁿ khah-tn̂g.
6. Soh^{[errata 1]} khah-tó; m̄-kàu-ēng.
7. Chí-tsō-tshù khuah-tsãi.
8. Lōu khah-oi̍h; m̄-hó-kiàⁿ.
9. Chí-kâi kau-íⁿ khiàng.
10. Chí-kâi tshn̂g iáu-lám.
11. I kâi sin-thói tsàng-tsãi.
12. Uá pí-i kèng nńg-jia̍k.
13. Chí-kâi tshn̂g-pòu tâm.
14. Pha̍k-ta chiũ khie̍h--lâi.
15. Chí-kâi chie̍h-thâu tōiⁿ-tsãi.
16. Uá kâi chím-thâu nap.
17. Lṳ́ kâi-chhiú nah-sap.
18. Tie̍h sói chheng-khih.
19. Aìⁿ sie-tsúi.
20. Màiⁿ ēng chhìn-tsúi.
21. Gūa-hái chhim-tsãi.
22. Lãi-khoi iáu-chhién.
23. Tsúi-lōu hñg-tsãi.
24. Le̍k-lōu kṳ̃n che̍k-ûe.
25. Keng-chie būe-se̍k.
26. Chí-kâi kaⁿ khah-chheⁿ.
27. Koi-nñg màiⁿ-khah se̍k.
28. Chí-kâi-ô uá àiⁿ-chia̍h tsò-chheⁿ.
29. Tsúi-gû tsōi-tsãi.
30. Suaⁿ-iêⁿ chié-chié.
31. I sĩ mêng-pe̍h kâi-nâng.
32. Lṳ́ si hû-thû kâi-nâng.

1. Original: Sùaⁿ was amended to Soh: detail