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 * 抖 dāu: to shake clothes
 * 影 ōng: shadow
 * 老小 lō̤-siēu: wife
 * 檻門 kāng-muòng: window
 * 鱟葉門 háu-hiĕk-muòng: shutters
 * 仈長 báik-diòng: to hear by report
 * 拾起 kák-kī: to pick up
 * 摺 ciék: to fold
 * 認鄭 nêng-dâng: to apologise, confess a fault

Translate into English:&mdash;


 * 1) Gĭng-dáng sê miéh-nó̤h nĭk-cī.
 * 2) Nè̤ng-gă sáe̤ng nṳ̄ chók siàng.
 * 3) Nè̤ng-gă gì cṳ̆ páh-dâung kó̤, kī-dâe̤ng nṳ̄ tá̤ nguāi kăk-kī.
 * 4) Nè̤ng-gă diŏh gă̤-dŏng pâung diŏh ĭ.
 * 5) Nù-gáuk-nè̤ng gé-iòng mó̤ gŭng-lò̤, dék-diŏh āi-kó̤ Ià-Sŭ.
 * 6) Nguāi-gáuk-nè̤ng diŏh huói-gāi iâ diŏh séng Ià-Sŭ.
 * 7) Nè̤ng sĕk-hŭng ô dâng.
 * 8) Cī sâ̤ gūi, Ià-Sŭ â̤ dṳ̆k chók kó̤.
 * 9) Chŭi-iòng ĭ sê bó-nè̤ng, gì-sĭk ĭ gì bèng-iū mò̤ niŏh sâ̤.
 * 10) Gĭng-buŏ nṳ̄ muōng ciŏng măh-hūng dò̤ kó̤ céng, mìng-dáng-cā cêu gó-ká̤ ê̤ṳ-bê.
 * 11) Nè̤ng-gă lā̤ páh giù, bŏ̤-là̤ páh-puái kó̤, chiāng Sĭng-săng kuăng-ṳ̀ng nguāi.
 * 12) Ĭ ng-kīng có̤, nâ táu-nĭk dŭ sê sô̤i.
 * 13) Ĭ ô sé-sĕk huói, cêu mâ̤ ó̤h nguôi-guók gì uâ.
 * 14) Ciā uăk giŭ kó̤, ké̤ṳk nguāi sê̤ṳng kák nâung. Dò̤ kó̤ hŏk-sĕng sê̤ṳng â-sāi-dék.
 * 15) Ng-tĕ̤ng ŏ̤h Lī Sĭng-săng gōng-uâ, Ĭ gōng dék cêng ká̤.

Translate into Chinese:&mdash;


 * 1) He also is a good man.
 * 2) I told him that he could not do it.
 * 3) There is a tree on ahead.
 * 4) Give him this old mat.
 * 5) Since it is so, we must not go back.
 * 6) If they did not beat him it is all right.
 * 7) He not only offended me, but he also refuses to apologise.
 * 8) I have lost my spectacles, please search for them.
 * 9) This room is very dark, please open the shutters and shut the (glass) windows.
 * 10) My wife is here, and I am taking this opportunity of seeing the city.
 * 11) These clothes are all mildewed. Shake them one by one and hang them in the sun to dry.
 * 12) The school boys presented me with cakes and oranges.
 * 13) If you know him, you may as well invite him to supper.
 * 14) The children are lying on the bed, and will not get up.
 * 15) The book has fallen behind the table.