Handbook of the Swatow Vernacular/A Building &c.

by Lim Hiong Seng

Lesson XII.
a building &c.

section I.

厝

Tshù

A house.

地脚

Tī-kha

Foundation.

灰

Hue

Lime.

墻

Chhiêⁿ

Wall.

厝頂

Tshù-téng

Roof.

厝瓦

Tshù-hiã

Tiles (roof.)

棟樑　樑

Tòng-êⁿ, êⁿ

A beam.

柱

Thiõu

A pillar, a post.

磚

Tsng

Tiles (floor.)

紅磚

Âng-tsng

Bricks.

塗脚

Thôu-kha

Floor (earth of tile.)

灰埕

Hue-tiâⁿ

Lime floor.

樓枋

Lâu-pang

Board floor.

欄杆

Lân-kan

Railing.

要建厝着有地脚

Àiⁿ khí-tshù tiéh ũ tī-kha

To build a house, there must be a foundation.

地脚深。厝就堅

Tī-kha chhim, tshù chiũ khiàng

If the foundation is deep, then the house will be strong.

無地脚厝袂站

Bô tī-kha tshù bõi-khiã

Without a foundation, the house will not stand.

灰切要着足。無。墻袂有

Hue chhiet-iòu tiéh kàu, bô, chhiêⁿ bõi-tōiⁿ

It is important to have sufficient lime, otherwise, the walls will not be hard.

我個厝頂個厝瓦有零塊破

Uá kâi tshù-téng kâi tshù-hiã ũ lân-kò phùa

Some of the tiles on my roof are broken.

厝漏

Tshù lāu

The house leaks.

我要呌司阜來修整

Uá àiⁿ-kiè sai-pẽ lâi siu-síp

I want to get a bulder to repair it.

此枝柱大枝

Chí-ki thiõu tuā-ki

This pillar is large.

塗脚個紅磚破

Thôu-kha kâi âng-tsng phùa

The bricks of the floor are broken.

呌司阜來補

Kiè sai-pẽ lâi póu

Call the builder to mend them.

塗脚每個禮拜着洗壹次

Thôu-kha chék-kâi lói-pài tiéh sói chék-ē

The floor must be washed once a week.

樓頂樓枋亦是如是

Lâu-téng lâu-pang iā sĩ chièⁿ-seⁿ

The floor up-stairs the same.

每個禮拜着洗清潔清潔

Kâi-kâi lói-pài tiéh sói chheng-khih chheng-khih

Every week you must wash it clean.

灰埕亦着洗

Hue-tiâⁿ iā tiéh sói

The lime floor must be washed.

此處無明朝早𤍠在

Chíe pâi-mêng-khí-tsá zuáh-tsãi

Here it is very warm every morning.

我要作欄杆

Uá àiⁿ-tsò lân-kan

I want to make a railing.

爾呌司阜霎時來

Lṳ́ kiè sai-pẽ khiã-tiām lâi

You tell the carpenter to come bye-and-bye.

共伊呾我此處要作欄杆

Kah i tàⁿ uá chí-kò àiⁿ-tsò lân-kan

Tell him I want to make a railing here.

司阜個內在何處爾知否

Sai-pẽ kâi lãi tõ tî-kò lṳ́ tsai mē?

Do you know where the carpenter's place is?

知亞

Tsai--a

Oh yes, I know.

𤍠在。我霎時正來去

Zuáh-tsãi, uá khiã-tiām chiàⁿ-lâi-khṳ̀

It is very warm (now), I will go bye-and-bye.

section II.

門

Mn̂g

A door.

枋

Pâng

A room.

廳

Thiaⁿ

A drawing room, a hall.

看書房

Thóiⁿ-tsṳ-pâng

A reading room.

食房

Chiáh-pâng

A dining room.

臥房

Út-pâng

A bed room.

洗浴房

Sói-ék-pàng or

洗浴棚

Sói-ék-pêⁿ

A bath-room.

貯貨房

Tun-hùe-pâng

A store-room.

走馬樓

Tsáu-bé-lâu

Verandah, up-stairs.

窓

Theng

A window.

玻璃

Po-lî

Glass.

鱟伯策

Hāu-peh-chheh

Venetians.

樓梯

Lâu-thui

A stair-case.

火爐

Húe-lôu

A grate.

煙筒

In-tâng

A chimney.

伙食房

Húe-sít-pâng

Kitchen.

門有關或無

Mn̂g ũ kueⁿ a-bô?

Did you shut the door?

有。閉了我鎖定

Ũ, kueⁿ-lióu uá só--tiāⁿ

Yes, after shutting I locked it.

鎖匙在何處

Só-sî tõ tî-kò?

Where is the key?

鎖匙在此處

Só-sî tõ--chié?

Here's the key.

爾個房個門有鎖否

Lṳ́ kâi pâng kâi mn̂g ũ só mē?

Did you lock the door of your room?

我個房何用鎖

Uá kâi pâng tsò-ēng só

Why? my room needn't be locked.

廳有人客或無

Thiaⁿ ũ nâng-kheh a-bô?

Are there any guests in the drawing room?

四指呾無

Sì-tsóiⁿ tàⁿ-bô

The boy says "no".

我個臥房爾有掃或未

Uá-kâi út-pâng lṳ́ ũ sàu a-būe?

Have you swept my bed-room?

有。樓頂俱皆掃清潔

Ũ, lâu-téng lóng-tsóng sàu chheng-khih

Yes, I have swept the whole of up-stairs clean.

有洗或無

Ũ sói a-bô?

Did you wash it?

無。樓頂還了是清潔

Bô, lâu-téng huân-lióu sĩ chheng-khih

No, up-stairs is still clean.

洗浴房有水或無

Sói-ék-pâng ũ tsúi a-bô?

Is there any water in the bath-room?

無。我來去擔

Bô, uá lâi khṳ̀ taⁿ

No, I will go and carry some.

速速去我要洗浴

Méⁿ-méⁿ khṳ̀, uá àiⁿ sói-ék

Go quickly, I am going to bathe.

此携去藏房貯貨房

Chiá khiéh khṳ̀ khǹg pàng tî-kò?

Where shall I keep this?

窓閉玻璃免用閉

Theng kueⁿ, po-lî mín-ēng kueⁿ

Shut the window, you needn't shut the glass.

若是有雨鱟伯策就着閉

Naⁿ-sĩ ũ hõu hāu-peh-chheh chiũ tiéh-kueⁿ

If there is rain, then shut the venetians.

要落樓梯勿𰛄𰛅呌

Àiⁿ-lóh lâu-thui màiⁿ pĩn-põng-kiè^[1]

If you are coming down the stair-case, don't make a trampling noise.

火爐起火

Húe-lôu khí-húe

Make a fire in the grate.

爾去伙食房呌火頭來

Lṳ́ khṳ̀ húe-sít-pâng kiè húe-thâu lâi

You go to the kitchen, and tell the cook to come.

section III.

餉關

Hiàng-kuan

A custom-house.

批館

Phoi-kuán

信關

Sìn-kuan

A post-office.

炮臺

Phàu-thâi

A fort.

塔

Thah

A pagoda.

城

Siâⁿ

A city.

埔

Pou

A town.

鄕里

Hieⁿ-lí

A village.

市

Chhĩ

A market.

行

Hâng

A hong.

舖

Phòu

A shop.

演

În

Story, of a house.

間

Koiⁿ

A classifier of a house.

此張信携去餉關

Chí-tieⁿ sìn khiéh khṳ̀ hiàng-kuan

Take this letter to the custom-house.

此三張携去信關

Chí saⁿ-tieⁿ khiéh khṳ̀ sìn-kuan

These three, take them to the post-office.

信關在何處

Sìn-kuan tõ tî-kò?

Where is the post-office?

爾不識携信去信關

Lṳ́ m̄-pat khiéh sìn khṳ̀ sin-kuan?

Have you never taken letters to the post-office?

不識

M̄-pat

I never have.

信關在角石

Sìn-kuan tõ Kak-chiéh

The post-office is at Kak-chieh.

爾知炮臺在何處

Lṳ́ tsai phàu-thâi tõ tî-kò?

You know where the fort is?

不知。我早不識來此汕頭

M̄ tsai, uá tsá m̄-pat lâi chí Suaⁿ-thâu

I don't know, I have never been at Swatow before.

我此個地方不熟

Uá chí-kâi tī-hng m̄-sék

I am not familiar with this place.

爾貴處

Lṳ́ tî-kò húe?

Where do you belong to?

我菴埠處

Uá Am-pou húe

I belong to Am-pou.

爾嘗識去府城否

Lṳ́ khah-pat khṳ̀ Hú-siâⁿ mē?

Have you ever been to Ch'ao-chow-fu?

識也。我有去四五次

Pat a, uá ũ khṳ̀ sì-ngõu tsūa

Oh yes, I have been there four or five times.

城是大在

The city is very large.

有個街大汕頭個街多也

Ũ-kâi koi tūa Suaⁿ-thâu kâi koi tsōi a

Some streets are much larger than the streets in Swatow.

阮個鄕里莊隴

Ún kâi hieⁿ-lí Tsng-léng

Our village is Tsng-leng.

離菴埠無若遠

Lî Am-pou bô-jiéh-hñg

Not very far from Am-pou.

恁個鄕里有塔或無

Nín kâi hieⁿ-lí ũ thah a-bô?

Is there any pagoda in your village?

阮個鄕里無

Ún kâi hieⁿ-lí bô

None in our village.

汕頭埠有市或無

Suaⁿ-thâu-pou ũ chhĩ a-bô?

Is there any market in the town of Swatow?

各個埠頭都有市

Kâi-kâi pou-thâu tou ũ chhĩ

There is a market in every town.

香港有大行

Hiang-káng ũ tūa-hâng

There are large hongs in Hong Kong.

在彼個舖高大

Tõ-hié kâi phòu kûiⁿ-tūa

The shops there are high and large.

有個舖三四演高

Ũ-kâi phòu saⁿ-sì în kûiⁿ

Some shops there are three or four stories high.

爾在彼有几間厝

Lṳ́ tõ-hié ũ kúi-koiⁿ tshù?

How many houses have you there?

我在彼有壹間

Uá tõ-hié ũ chék-koiⁿ

I have one house there.

每個月稅壹百個銀

Chék-kâi guéh sùe chék-peh kâi ngṳ̂n

It is let at $100 a month.

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1. An onomatopoetic word.