Lesson XVII.
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- 壹条鰻。數隻蟹
- Chék tiôu mûaⁿ, kua-chiah hõi
- One eel, several crabs.
- 拾粒蠔。弍拾粒蚶
- Tsáp-liáp ô, jī-tsáp liáp ham
- Ten oysters, twenty cockles.
- 魚干陸両。共鹹魚半斤
- Hṳ̂-kuaⁿ lák-niéⁿ, kah kiâm-hṳ̂ pùaⁿ-kṳn
- Dried salt fish six taels, and salt fish half a catty.
- 蝦米壹擔若干
- Hê-bí chék-tàⁿ jiéh-tsōi?
- How much for a picul of dried prawns?
- 壹擔敢是伍員亞
- Chék-tàⁿ káⁿ-sĩ ngõu-khou ã
- I think five dollars a picul.
- 伍員會貴或袂
- Ngõu-khou õi-kùi a-bõi?
- Is it dear at five dollars (a picul)?
- 要呾貴。卽袂貴。要呾平。卽袂平
- Àiⁿ-tàⁿ-kùi li bõi-kùi, àiⁿ-tàⁿ-phiⁿ li bõi-phiⁿ
- To say “it is dear,” it isn't dear, but to say “it is cheap,” it isn't cheap.
- 買零些就貴
- Bói tshàm-tshùi chiũ kùi.
- To buy by retail it will be dear.
Vegetables.
- Vegetables,
- Tshài
- 菜
- Turnip,
- Tshài-thâu
- 菜頭
- Cabbage,
- Péh-tshài
- 白菜
- Cabbage,„ a large kind,
- Tūa-tshài
- 大菜
- Cabbage,„ foreign,
- Ko-lẽ-tshài
- 高麗菜
- Cabbage,„ salted,
- Kiâm-tshài
- 鹹菜
- Brinjal, egg plant,
- Kiê
- 簥
- Cucumber,
- Tiòu-kue
- 吊瓜
- Pumpkin, red,
- Huan-kue
- 畨瓜
