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LESSON XXV (CONTINUED).
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uá eng-kai | phah | i. |
I need to | strike | him. |
pit-su-tie̍h | phah | i. |
It is necessary to | strike | him. |
Subjunctive Mood. | ||
úa a sĩ | phah | i. |
I, if I | strike | him, or struck him. |
úa nāⁿ-sĩ | phah | i. |
If I should | strike | him. |
úa jia̍k-sĩ | phah | i. |
If I | struck | him. |
khó-pí úa | phah | i. |
Supposing that I | struck | him, or should strike him. |
chò uá | phah | i. |
If it were so that I | struck | him, or if it had been I that had struck him. |
siet-sái úa | phah | i |
Suppose that I | struck | him. |
khó-pí chò-úa | phah | i. |
Suppose for example that I had | struck | him, or should strike him. |
Imperative Mood. | ||
phah! | ||
Strike! | ||
tie̍h | phah! | |
Strike! | (emphatic). | |
màiⁿ | phah! | |
Don’t | strike! | |
m̄-hó | phah! | |
Don’t | strike! | |
lṳ́ méⁿ-méⁿ | phah | i! |
Strike | him quickly! | |
lṳ́ khṳ̀ | phah | i. |
You go and | strike | him. |
Infinitive Mood. | ||
lṳ́ chò-káⁿ | phah | i. |
How dare you to | strike | him. |
i chuan-lâi | phah | úa. |
He came on purpose to | strike | me. |
lṳ́ khá-káⁿ | phah | i a-m̄-káⁿ? |
Dare you to | strike | him or not? |