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LESSON XXIX (CONTINUED).
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Sentences on the Past Tense.
- úa só niá-siũ--kâi hù-thoh lṳ́,
- that which I have received I deliver to you.
- i thiaⁿ-tie̍h m̄ huaⁿ-hí,
- when he heard it he was displeased.
- tōiⁿ khí-sêng--liáu,
- the temple is built.
- i lo̍h-liáu-bé,
- he had come down from his horse.
- kì-chai chí-kâi-sṳ̄ chiũ kiaⁿ-ùi,
- when they knew this matter they were afraid.
- seⁿ lâm-jî liáu,
- has given birth to a son.
- kì-sĩ chiè-seⁿ, i chiũ m̄-káⁿ-khṳ̀,
- such being the case, he did not dare go.
- kì bōi--liáu chiũ tit-tie̍h saⁿ-peh-ngṳ̂n,
- when it was sold he received three hundred dollars.
- íⁿ-keng sí--khṳ̀ sì-ji̍t--liáu,
- had been dead four days.
- kàu chí-kâi-sṳ̄ chò-hiah--liáu,
- when (they) had stopped doing this thing.
- phêng-sù, i-sĩ chò ui-seng,
- heretofore, he had been a physician.
- thiaⁿ-kìⁿ chí-kâi-ūe i chiũ lì-tiāu i-kâi-saⁿ,
- when he heard this he at once rent his garments.
- i chiũ sûi-sî tó-tièⁿ,
- he at once, thereupon, failed in business.
- i íⁿ-keng chhut-liáu chí-kâi kò-sī,
- he had already issued this proclamation.
- tàⁿ-ūe tàⁿ-hiah,
- when he had done talking.
- lṳ́ hûan-liáu jṳ̂ būe-kàu,
- you have not yet rubbed it enough.
- sṳ̄ būe-liáu-kak khṳt i cháu--khṳ̀,
- before the business was settled up he ran away.
- liên-uán ka-kī kâi saⁿ-khòu khie̍h-m̄-tit,
- even our own clothes we did not get.
- tah m̄-tie̍h-chûn,
- did not get aboard the boat.
- tah tõ-i kâi-chhù,
- left it at his house.
- ũ kâi Siãng-tì chãu--i, chiàⁿ-õi tit-ũ,
- there was a God who made it, and so it has existence.
- ngà kâi-nâng kiâⁿ-tie̍h chí-tiâu-lōu bõi-kiâⁿ chha-chhò,
- even the fool that walks in this road can not make a mistake.
- i lî-liáu tī-hng,
- he left the place.
- i būe-lâi nín-kò kâi sî-hāu, i būe-hiáu chò chí-kâi khang-khùe,
- before he came to you he did not understand how to do this.
- tán-kàu úa kùe-hái--liáu, jiên-ãu húe-chûn chiàⁿ-lâi,
- when I had already crossed the bay, afterwards the steamer then came, i.e, the steamer did not come until after I had crossed the bay.