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47  LESSON X.


 * 着 diŏh: must
 * 換 uâng: to exchange
 * 角 gaé̤k: a corner, tenth of a dollar
 * 季 gié: season
 * 都 dŭ: all
 * 討 tō̤: to seek for, find
 * 替 tá̤: instead of, for
 * 共 gâe̤ng: with, for
 * 罪 cô̤i: sin
 * 哘 òng: a long time
 * 肯 kīng: to be willing
 * 番錢 huăng-cièng: dollars
 * 要緊 iéu-gīng: important
 * 一落厝 siŏh-lŏ̤h chió: a house
 * 鐵釘 tiék-dĭng: a nail
 * 鬧熱 nâu-iĕk: stir, bustle
 * 遲 dì: late
 * 印 éng: a seal, to print
 * 跬 kiê: to stand
 * 駛 sāi: to use, employ, in order that
 * 銀 ngṳ̀ng: silver
 * 心 sĭng: the heart
 * 借 cióh: to borrow, lend
 * 信 séng: to believe
 * 各 gáuk: every, each
 * 贖 sṳ̆k: to atone for sin, redeem
 * 剝 buóh: sign of future, about to
 * 聖神 Séng-Sìng: the Holy Spirit
 * 一橺房 siŏh-găng bùng: a room
 * 感動 gāng-dông: to influence
 * 得救 dáik-géu: to be saved
 * 隴總 lūng-cūng: all, every
 * 銅片 dè̤ng-piéng: copper cents

1. Chinese currency is in five kinds: Lump silver, usually speaken of as 銀 ngṳ̀ng; Dollars, or 番錢 huăng-cièng; Small silver coins or 番錢仔 huăng-cièng-giāng, (a ten cent piece is 一角 siŏh gáe̤k); copper cents, or 銅片 dè̤ng-piéng; copper cash or 錢 cièng. The reckoning is in decimals, usually calculated to two places. One dollar, 一塊番錢 siŏh-dó̤i huăng-cièng, literally one piece of foreign money. Half a dollar, 半塊錢 五角 buáng-dó̤i cièng or ngô gaé̤k. Twenty cents, 二角 lâng-gáe̤k. Twenty-five cents, 二角半 lâng-gaé̤k buáng. One