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12 ; Opium is not good to eat
 * 鴉片不好食
 * A-pien mʼhaw chiă


 * Perhaps he will come
 * 或者伊來
 * Hok chia i lai


 * Put this in the sun
 * 此物挈去曝日
 * Chi muĕ,khiĕ khur pak jit


 * Pull up these bushes
 * 此草挽丢
 * Chi chaou,man tiou


 * Pray to God every day
 * 日日求神天
 * Jit jit kiw Sin-Ti


 * Questions & answers
 * 問答
 * Mung tap


 * Quietly remain at home
 * 恬恬在厝
 * Tiem tiem taw chu


 * Quote from the classics
 * 引經據典
 * In kia kur tien


 * Run and get the umbrella
 * 走去挈雨傘
 * Chaou khur khiĕ hou-sua


 * Read in a low voice
 * 讀細聲
 * Tak soi sia


 * Remember to tell him
 * 爾記憶共伊講
 * Lur ki-tit kang i kong


 * Rice is dear this year
 * 今年米有貴
 * Kim ni,bi u kui


 * Send him into the city
 * 使伊去城內
 * Sai i khur sia lai


 * Save this for to-morrow
 * 此留放明日
 * Chi laou pang moa-ki


 * She is upwards of twenty
 * 伊二十外歲
 * I ji-chap goa huey


 * Send your servant to take it
 * 使爾囝子來挈
 * Sai lur kin-kia lai khiĕ


 * Set it down here
 * 放在此
 * Pang taw chi


 * They are neighbors
 * 伊是厝邊人
 * I si,chu-pi nang


 * This is good for nothing
 * 此無用
 * Chi baw eng


 * This cloth is wet
 * 此布有濕
 * Chi pou,u tam