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LESSON XXV (CONTINUED).
i khí lâi | phah | i. |
He rose to | strike | him. |
ṳ̃-pĩ | phah | i. |
He got ready to | strike | him. |
Participles. | ||
i | phah | būe-hiah, uá ji̍p--khṳ̀. |
Before he had ceased | striking | him I entered. |
uá lâi i tõ | phah | i. |
When I came he was | striking | him. |
uá chhut khṳ̀ nõⁿ-nâng huân iáu tõ-sie | phah. | |
When I came out the two men were still | fighting. |
Passive Voice.
Ind, Pres. | ||
pĩ | phah. | |
Is | struck. | |
uá pĩ-i | phah. | |
I am | struck | by him. |
uá pĩ-nâng | phah. | |
I am | struck | by somebody. |
Past, &c. | ||
uá khṳt-i | phah | liáu. |
I have been already | struck | by him. |
uá khṳt-i | phah | tie̍h. |
I have been | struck | by him. |
uá khṳt-i | phah | sieⁿ. |
I have been | struck | and wounded by him. |
uá íⁿ-keng khṳt-i | phah | tie̍h. |
I have or had been | struck | by him. |
uá soiⁿ khṳt-i | phah | kùe. |
I had first been | beaten | by him. |
uá khṳt-i | phah | kàu ou-chhe. |
I have been | struck | by him until black and blue. |
uá khṳt-i | phah | kàu chiang-sí. |
I have been | struck | by him until I was about dead. |
Future. | ||
uá chiang-lâi pĩ-i | phah. | |
I will hereafter be | beaten | by him. |