Primary Lessons in Swatow Grammar/Lesson V
Sentences.
- úa huaⁿ-hí,
- I am pleased.
- úa che̍jk-nâng huaⁿ-hí,
- I for one am pleased.
- lṳ́ lãu-tōa chhiáⁿ-chõ,
- venerable Sir, please be seated.
- ngô-tĩ m̄-hiáu,
- I, your stupid younger brother, do not understand.
- i-nâng lâi--liáu,
- he has come.
- i-nâng tõ,
- he is here.
- i-nâng chhut-koi,
- he has gone out into the street.
- i-nâng chiẽⁿ-chhĩ,
- he has gone up to the market.
- iũ, úa bô,
- he has, I have not.
- in ũ, nán bô,
- they have, we have not.
- hiã, hṳ́-sî bô-tõ,
- I, at that moment, was not there.
- put-chhâi sĩ jī-cha̍p-hùe,
- I, the witless one, am twenty years old.
- siáu-nâng bô-mêng-pe̍h,
- I, the small one, do not understand.
- ún tâng-sim tâng-ì,
- we are of the same heart and purpose.
- úa-téng chhiet-khiû--lṳ́,
- we earnestly pray you.
- lṳ́-po̍k m̄-káⁿ--phièn-lṳ́,
- I, thy servant, do not dare deceive you.
- lṳ́-po̍k àiⁿ-cháu,
- I, thy servant, am going.
- put-chhâi--húe sĩ kiàⁿ-chûn-nâng,
- (we), witless ones, are sailors.
- put-chhâi--húe sĩ choh-chhân,
- (we), witless ones, till the ground.
- thâu-ke, ā, sìn-sek būe-kàu,
- master, the letters have not yet arrived.
- thâu-ke, ā, sin-bũn-chúa lâi,
- master, the newspapers have come.
- i chṳ̃-kí m̄-húeⁿ,
- he himself does not want to.
- i-kù chṳ̃-kí tiāⁿ,
- he regards himself only.
- Tãi-Jîn ũ bûn-chṳ--lâi,
- Your Excellency, the despatch has come.
- Tãi-Jîn ge̍k-chûn tõ-thẽng--lṳ́,
- Your Excellency, the gig is waiting for you.
- lãu-nâng-ke chia̍h-tê,
- venerable Sir, take tea.
- i-pńg-nâng hán-tit-lâi,
- he himself rarely comes.
- i-pńg-nâng bô-lí-sṳ̄,
- he himself does not transact business.