Primary Lessons in Swatow Grammar/Lesson X
Time.
- ji̍t-kùa,
- daytime.
- mê--kùa,
- night-time.
- ẽ-kùa,
- afternoon.
- chiẽⁿ-kùa,
- forenoon.
- ẽ-ngóu,
- afternoon.
- kim-ji̍t; kiá-ji̍t,
- to-day.
- cha-ji̍t,
- yesterday.
- chá-ji̍t,
- some previous day.
- cho̍h--ji̍t,
- day before yesterday.
- tōa-cho̍h--ji̍t,
- one day earlier still.
- múe-ji̍t,
- every day.
- liên-ji̍t,
- consecutive days.
- kúi-ji̍t; sù-ji̍t; kú-a-ji̍t,
- several days.
- chí-kṳ̃n-ji̍t,
- within these few days.
- chiẽⁿ-ji̍t,
- on a previous day.
- chôiⁿ nõⁿ-saⁿ-ji̍t,
- two or three days ago.
- ãu-ji̍t,
- day after to-morrow.
- chôiⁿ-ji̍t,
- a former day.
- múa-chá,
- to-morrow early.
- múa-khí,
- to-morrow.
- mn̂g-hng,
- evening.
- chiẽⁿ-lói-pài,
- last week.
- chôiⁿ-kâi-gue̍h,
- last month.
- nõⁿ-saⁿ kâi-gue̍h-chôiⁿ,
- two or three months ago.
- chí-kâi-gue̍h,
- this month.
- ãu-kâi-gue̍h; ẽ-kâi-gue̍h,
- next month.
- ãu nõⁿ-kâi-gue̍h,
- two months afterwards.
- ke-saⁿ kâi-gue̍h,
- in three months more.
- ji̍t-tàu,
- noon. bô-hièⁿ-tàu, not fully noon.
- pùaⁿ-mê,
- midnight.
- saⁿ keⁿ,
- pùaⁿ-mê, 3rd. watch, midnight.
- mê-nî,
- next year.
- chiang-lâi-nî,
- future year.
- kū-nî,
- last year. sì-khùi, the four seasons.
- múe-nî,
- every year. chhun, hē, spring and summer.
- chá-nî,
- some preceding year. chhiu, tang, fall and winter.
- sî-hāu,
- time.
- bô-sî-hāu,
- there is no time.
- ũ-sî ũ-hāu,
- there is time.
- chá àm,
- early and late.
- sî-sî; siêⁿ-siêⁿ,
- constantly.
- siêⁿ-sî,
- always.
- chiãm-sî,
- in a little while; gradually.
- siap-sî,
- in a little while.
- siap-sî--kan,
- in a„ little„ while.„
- ke siap-sî,
- after a little while longer.
- chí-kṳ̃n-sî,
- recently.
- múe-sî,
- every time.
- múe-sî-sîn,
- every two hours.
- háⁿ-hun,
- twilight.
- thiⁿ lâ-lân-kng,
- the break of day.
- tang-pôiⁿ pe̍h,
- the glimmer of dawn.
- tõ-sĩ-mih cheng-tiám,
- what time is it?
- ióng-ién,
- everlasting. buān-nî, ten-thousand years.
- khùn-kiáⁿ,
- presently.
- ma̍k-nih-kú,
- in the twinkling of an eye.
- ma̍k-nih-kiáⁿ,
- in„ the„ twinkling„ of„ an„ eye„.
- kú-chãi,
- a very long time.
- hoh-kú,
- a good while.
- che̍k-pn̄g-kú,
- as long as it takes for a boiling of rice.
- chá-lâi,
- mān-khṳ̀, comes early and goes away late.
- ji̍t-ji̍t,
- daily.
- pâi-tńg,
- every time. ãu-pâi, next time.
- ji̍t-mê,
- day and night. pâi-mê, every night.
- chong-ji̍t,
- all day.
- thàng-ji̍t,
- the whole day.
- hiēn-chãi; hiēn-kim; hiēn-chhṳ́-chãi,
- now.
- ji̍t-kùe-ji̍t,
- day after day.
- ji̍t-lo̍h,
- sunset.
- ji̍t-chhut,
- sunrise.
- ji̍t-thâu lo̍h-suaⁿ,
- the sun is going down below the hills.
- che̍k-sì-tō,
- a generation.
- chiaⁿ gue̍h,
- the first month.
- jī gue̍h,
- the second month.
- jūn-gue̍h,
- intercalary month.
- khah-uàⁿ;
- too late.
- sûi-sî,
- then; thereupon; at that time.
- chiet-khek; phêng-sù, sù-lâi,
- immediately; hitherto.
- khí-thâu; suah-búe, kiáu-búe,
- beginning; end.