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Rh Ià-Sŭ mean Savior, 耶穌二字其意思就是救主 Ià-Sŭ lâng cê gì é-sé̤ṳ cêu sê Géu-Ciō.

8. 喇 Lā probably a corruption of 者 ciā stands for the article “a” in sentences where 務 ô̤ and 毛 mò̤ are used in the sense of “there is, there is not”. There was a man, 務喇𠆧 ô̤ lā nè̤ng. There is nothing that he cannot do, 伊毛喇賣做 ĭ mò̤ lā mâ̤ có̤.

9. The word for only 㑚 nâ precedes the verb. He only wants one hundred, 伊㑚欲一百 ĭ nâ ó̤i siŏh báh. Only buy two sheets of paper, 㑚買二張紙 nâ mā̤ lâng-tiŏng cāi. 

 EXERCISE V.


 * 𠆧客 nè̤ng-káh: guest
 * 樓頂 laù-dīng: upstairs
 * 樓下 laù-â: downstairs
 * 拭氳塵 chék ŭng-dìng: to dust
 * 留心 liù-sĭng: attentive
 * 牛乳膏 ngù-nẁng-gŏ̤: condensed milk
 * 羞恥 siēu-lā̤: ashamed
 * 排排䟰 bà̤-bà̤ giàng: to walk abreast
 * 書院 cṳ̆-ièng: college
 * 毛着 mò̤-diŏh: absent
 * 學生 hŏk-sĕng: scholar
 * 遇看 ngê̤ṳ-diŏh: to happen, to meet

Translate into English:&mdash;


 * 1) Ô lā Siông-Dá̤.
 * 2) Lā̤-bái-dòng ô niŏh-uâi nè̤ng?
 * 3) Cŭ-uái ô gáu-dòng mò̤?
 * 4) Ciā lâng-buōng cṳ̆ ng sê ĭ gì mò̤?
 * 5) Ĭ gó dĭh sié-nó̤h?
 * 6) Ĭ diŏh gă̤-dŏng có̤ sié-nó̤h dâi?
 * 7) Cī siŏh-ciáh cê gì é-sé̤ṳ nṳ̄ â̤ huôi-é mâ̤?
 * 8) Sé-buōng bék gáu ng gáu?
 * 9) Nṳ̄ ciŏng-gì muôi chīang ĭ sô̤i nì?
 * 10) Ô lâng-ciáh nè̤ng-káh lì. Ĭ ó̤i giĕ-lâung lâng-lăk, lièng ngù-nèng gŏ̤ siŏh ăk.
 * 11) Ô săng-báh báik-sĕk ngô buōng Séng-Gĭng.
 * 12) Lĕ̤k-chiĕng báik-