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24  LESSON V.


 * ⿰亻鞋 â̤: it does, can
 * 喇 lā: an euphonic particle
 * 吓 â:
 * 彀 gáu: enough
 * 拜 bái: worship, bow down to
 * 靠 kó̤: to lean against, to trust
 * 伓 ng: not
 * 天 tiĕng: heaven, sky, weather
 * 麼 mò̤: interrogative particle
 * 箱 siŏng: box
 * 好 hō̤: good
 * 呆 ngài: bad
 * 着 diŏh: at, upon, in must
 * 大 duâi: large, great
 * 細 sá̤: small
 * 嫩 nâung: small, (of things
 * 創造 cháung-cô̤: to create, make
 * 伓直 ng dĭh: do not want
 * 會意 huôi-é: to understand
 * 昧務 muôi ô: have not
 * 下底 â-dā̤: below.
 * 賣 mâ̤: does not, cannot
 * 只塊 cŭ-uái: here
 * 許塊 hŭ-uái: there
 * 只邊 cī bĕng: this side
 * 許邊 hṳ̄ bĕng: that side
 * 在汝 câi nṳ̄: as you please
 * 直 dĭh: to want
 * 故 gó: still, moreover, therefore
 * ⿰亻鞋駛的 â̤ sāi dék: it will do, also denoted permission (may)
 * 賣駛的 mâ̤ sāi dék: it will not do, may not
 * 教堂 gáu-dòng: church
 * 呢 nì: interrogative particle
 * 將其 ciŏng-gì: why?
 * 一封批 siŏh hŭng pĭe: a letter
 * 條 dèu: N. A. of long things, as streets, boats, etc.
 * 因 ĭng: because
 * gà̤-dēng: above
 * 街中 gă̤-dŏng: on the street

Positive and Negative

1. (a) Questions are often asked in English by making two statements, one positive and one negative. There is a Chinese idiom corresponding to this, using the words 務毛 ô, mò̤; have, have not. Is there or