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89  LESSON XX.


 * 隔壁 gáh-biáh: next door
 * 醫 ĭ: to cure or heal diseases
 * 醫 muŏk: do do
 * 埋葬 muài-cáung: to bury
 * 着面前 diŏh méng-sèng: in the presence of, in front of
 * 相商 [sic]議 sŏng-ngiê: to talk over
 * 倚望 āi-uông: to hope
 * 攔阻 làng-cū: to hinder, prevent
 * 擔擱 dăng-gó̤h: to hinder
 * 安 ĕng: to place in position
 * 親 chĭng: intimate, oneself
 * 辦 bâing: to manage
 * 福音 hók-ĭng: the Gospel
 * 親眼看見 chĭng-ngāng káng-giéng: to see with one’s own eyes
 * 本身 buōng-sĭng: oneself
 * 藥 iŏh: medicine
 * 專門 ciòng-muòng: wholly
 * 別乇 bĕk-nó̤h: other
 * 變 biéng: to change
 * 發 huák: to manifest
 * 野講 iā-gōng, [sic] 亂講 lâungluâng [sic]-gōng: to tell lies
 * 以致 ī-dé: so that
 * 我寧願 nguāi nìng-nguông: I would rather
 * 㬵 kă: foot
 * 繙翻 [sic]譯 huăng-ĭk: to translate
 * 怪 gúai: to be offended with
 * 罵 má: to curse
 * 非 hĭ: bad, negative
 * 解說 gā̤-siók: to explain

1. In the first lesson, 自家 cê-gă is given as the reflexive pronoun, meaning “self”, attached to personal pronouns or proper nouns. 親 Chĭng is also used reflexively, but has no possessive form. I saw him with my own eyes, 儂家親眼看見 Nè̤ng-gă chĭng-ngāng káng-giéng. This was written with my own pen, 嚽是奴親筆寫其 Cuòi sê nù chĭng-bék siā gì. He killed him with his own hand, 伊親手刣伊 I chĭng-chiū tài ĭ.

2. 本 Buōng has at times a reflexive use. It is not any one else, it is myself that is sick, 伓是別𠆧是儂家本身務病 Ng sê bĕk-nè̤ng sê nè̤ng-gă buōng-sĭng ô bâng. He