Handbook of the Swatow Vernacular/Notes—Hostilities

by Lim Hiong Seng

Lesson XXXII.
Notes—Hostilities.

中國與荷蘭西相刣

Tong-kok kah Hô-lan-se sie-thâi

War between China and France.

何人刣羸

Tî-tiâng thâi-iâⁿ?

Who has won the victory?

還了未知

Huân-lióu būe-tsai

We don't know yet.

荷蘭西個兵來未齊

Hô-lan-se kâi-piaⁿ lâi būe-tsôi

The French troops have not all arrived yet.

伊若是來齊就要直直去京城處

In nāⁿ-sĩ lâi-tsôi chiũ àiⁿ tít-tít khṳ̀ kiaⁿ-siâⁿ--kō;

If they all have come out, they will go direct to the capital;

在彼處輸羸

Tõ-hṳ́--kō su-iâⁿ

And there, it will be either won or lost.

現時在臺灣處有相刣

Hīn-sî tõ Tâi-uân--kō ũ sie-thâi

At present there are battles going on in Formosa.

雞籠被荷蘭西打去了

Koi-lâng khoih Hô-lan-se phah--khṳ̀-lō

Keelung is taken by the French.

在被個炮臺俱皆被伊個戰船霧丢

Tõ-hié kâi phâu-thâi lông-tsóng khṳt i kâi chiên-tsûn bū tiòu

All the forts there have been bombarded by their war vessels.

伊個船個銃有個大枝過炮臺個

I kâi tsûn kâi-chhèng ũ-kâi tūa-ki kùe phâu-thâi--kâi

Some of the guns of their ships are larger than those of the forts there.

伊九隻戰船就去霧福州

I káu-chiah chièn-tsûn chiũ khṳ̀ bū Hok-chiu

They had nine vessels, and they went to bombard Foochow.

唐人個戰船俱皆沉去

Tn̂g-nâng kâi chièn-tsûn lóng-tsóng tîm--khṳ̀

The Chinese war vessels were all sunk.

不過一隻走去。一隻發火

Put-kùe chék-chiah tsáu--khṳ̀, chék-chiah tóh-húe

With the exception of one vessel that escaped, and one vessel on fire.