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LESSON XXXVI.
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Words used in teaching and Arguing.
- tàⁿ-ūe,
- to talk.
- tàⁿ-ūe oh thiaⁿ,
- hard to listen to.
- tàⁿ-ūe kōi-kōi-thiaⁿ,
- easy to listen to.
- tàⁿ-ūe bô-mêng-pe̍h,
- he does not speak clearly.
- uá kāng-lṳ́-tàⁿ,
- I to or with you say, i.e. I tell you.
- iông-uá-tàⁿ,
- allow me to state.
- kāng-lṳ́ tàⁿ-chai,
- tell it to you for your information.
- khṳt-lṳ́--tàⁿ,
- it is for you to speak, i.e. you are allowed to speak.
- khṳt-uá tàⁿ hó--mē?
- may I be allowed to speak?
- chièⁿ-seⁿ tàⁿ mêng-mêng pe̍h-pe̍h,
- that is stating it very clearly.
- lṳ́ tàⁿ tùi-tùi,
- you say it exactly.
- lṳ́ tàⁿ tùi-tong,
- you speak to the centre, i.e. to the point.
- lṳ́ tàⁿ tit tie̍h,
- you say rightly.
- àiⁿ-tàⁿ hó-tàⁿ,
- if you want to speak, speak
- tàⁿ-lâi tàⁿ-khṳ̀,
- talk back and forth.
- tàⁿ-khou-piⁿ, bô-tàⁿ khou-sim,
- talking around the edge of a subject and not to the heart of it.
- tàⁿ-chhim che̍k-pōu,
- go a step deeper into the subject.
- tàⁿ-thò che̍k-pōu,
- to draw back a step in argument.
- tàⁿ-ló-chhó,
- you talk at random.
- i tàⁿ lí-lí-tàⁿ, tàⁿ-m̄-hiah,
- he kept on talking without stopping.
- i tàⁿ-hiah, ãu pa̍t-nâng chiap-tàⁿ,
- when he had done talking another joined in.
- sùa-sùa-tàⁿ,
- continuous discourse.
- hiaⁿ-tĩ lṳ́ sie-sùa-tàⁿ,
- brethren, speak one after another (without breaks).
- ha̍h-tàⁿ,
- corroborative.
- ha̍h-tie̍h-i tàⁿ,
- accords with what he said.
- tàⁿ-ūe mài-khah-chōi,
- don’t say too much.
- tàⁿ-ūe mài-khah-tn̂g,
- don’t talk too long.
- tàⁿ-ūe kùe-tn̂g,
- exceed the time in talking
- mài-tàⁿ làng-phāng,
- don’t talk disjointedly.
- lṳ́ tàⁿ-khṳt-i miⁿ-ba̍t--chē,
- let your words be more close together.
- tàⁿ-ūe mài-kek-chhok,
- don’t crowd your words together.
- lṳ́ tàⁿ-ūe tie̍h-ēng-kán,
- in your speech use brevity.
- lṳ́ kâi-ūe tàⁿ-lâi-kàu tie̍h,
- in what you say you are correct.
- tàⁿ-phùa-i kâi-sim-sṳ̄,
- exposed his design.
- tàⁿ-phùa-i kâi-thâm-lūn,
- confuted his talk.
- tàⁿ-tāng,
- emphasize; lay stress on.
- tàⁿ-tie̍h-la̍t--chē,
- lay on a little more stress.