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Lesson VII.
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- 下午
- Ẽ-kùa
- Afternoon.
- 夜昏子
- Mêⁿ-hng-kiáⁿ
- To-night (early.)
- 今夜
- Ke-mêⁿ
- To-night (rather late.)
- 日
- Jít
- Sun or day.
- 月
- Guéh
- Moon or month.
- 日間
- Jít--kùa
- In the day.
- 夜間
- Mêⁿ--kùa
- In the night.
- 日晏
- Jít uàⁿ
- Late in the day.
- 日暗
- Jít àm
- Late in the night.
- 半夜
- Puàⁿ-mêⁿ
- Midnight
- 三更半夜
- Saⁿ-keⁿ puàⁿ-mêⁿ
- Third watch or midnight, (meaning a very late hour at night.)
- 明早有人來或無
- Mêng-khí ũ nâng lâi a-bô?
- Did any body come this morning?
- 爾知或不知
- Lṳ́ tsai a m̄-tsai?
- Do you know or not?
- 我不知
- Uá m̄-tsai.
- I don't know.
- 中午我不在此處食
- Jít-tàu uá m̄-tõ chié chiáh.
- I am not going to take dinner here at noon.
- 我中午要去乞人請
- Uá jít-tàu àiⁿ-khṳ̀ khoih-nâng-chhiáⁿ
- I am invited out for noon.
- 爾何時正要轉來
- Lṳ́ tiang-sî chiàⁿ-àiⁿ tńg--lâi?
- When will you come back?
- 夜昏正轉來
- Mêⁿ-hng chiàⁿ-tńg--lâi
- I shall not be back until to-night.