Primary Lessons in Swatow Grammar/Lesson I

by William Ashmore

Pronouns.

Uá,

I.

lṳ́,

you.

i,

he; she; it.

nín,

ye.

nán; ún; uán.

we.

i-téng,

they.

uá-kâi,

mine.

lṳ́-kâi,

thine.

i-kâi,

his; hers; its.

nán-kâi; ún-kâi,

ours.

nín-kâi,

yours.

i-kâi; in-kâi,

theirs.

uá ka-kī; uá chṳ̃-kí,

I myself.

lṳ́ ka-kī,

you yourself.

i ka-kī,

he himself.

ún ka-kī; nán ka-kī,

we ourselves.

i ka-kī, in ka-kī,

they themselves.

chí; chí-kâi; chiá; chiá-kâi; chhṳ́,

this.

hṳ́; hṳ́-kâi; hiá,

that.

hṳ́ pa̍t-kâi,

that other one.

tî-kâi?

which?

mih-kâi?

what? which?

só,

that which.

chí--húe,

these.

hṳ́--húe,

those.

chí-hō,

this kind.

chí-iẽⁿ,

this„ kind„

hṳ́-hō,

that kind.

hṳ́-iẽⁿ,

that„ kind„

tî-hō?

which kind?

tî-iẽⁿ?

which„ kind„

pa̍t,

another.

ũ-nâng,

somebody.

bô-nâng,

nobody.

móng-nâng,

a certain person; Mr so and so.

hũam-nâng,

whosoever.

hũam-ti-tiâng,

whosoever„

tî-tiâng?

who?

mih-nâng?

which man?