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  Notes&mdash;Nautical.


 * 我要過畨
 * Uá àiⁿ-kùe-huan
 * I am going to a foreign country.


 * 爾要搭何隻火船
 * Lṳ́ àiⁿ-tah tî-chék-chiah húe-tsûn?
 * By which steamer are you going?


 * 我要搭甲板
 * Uá àiⁿ-tah kap-pán
 * I am going by a sailing vessel.


 * 此時做好搭甲板. 逆風
 * Chí--tiang-sî tsò-hó tah-kap-pán, ngék-huang
 * You shouldn't go by sailing vessel at this time, as the wind is contrary.


 * 爾能可搭火船
 * Lṳ́ nêng-kò tah húe-tsûn
 * You had better go by steamer.


 * 搭彼隻藍烟筒
 * Tah hṳ́-chiah nâm-in-tâng
 * Go by the blue funnel (steamer.)


 * 明天早入來
 * Màⁿ-mêng-khí jíp--lâi
 * She comes in to-morrow morning.


 * 舵舡好行了
 * Tãi-kong hó-kiâⁿ--lō
 * Steersman, you had better start now.


 * 天時好了
 * Thiⁿ-sî hó--lō
 * The weather is fine.


 * 我起來看
 * Uá khí--kâi thóiⁿ
 * Let me come up and see.


 * 咳. 雨還了未晴
 * Uã! hōu huân-lióu būe-chêⁿ
 * Oh! the rain hasn't stopped yet.


 * 須子雨子不畏也
 * Su-kiáⁿ hōu-kiáⁿ, mùiⁿ--nō
 * You needn't be afraid of little rain.


 * 霋時要浮大風湧
 * Khiã-tiām àiⁿ-phû tūa-huang-êng
 * By and bye a storm and large waves will rise.


 * 敢是要做風颱也
 * Káⁿ-sĩ àiⁿ-tsò huang-thai ã!
 * Oh! I think there will be a typhoon.


 * 來抛加壹個錠
 * Lâi-pha ke--kâi tèng
 * Let us let go another anchor.


 * 此天時做好行
 * Chiá--thiⁿ-sî tsò-hó-kiâⁿ
 * Oh, we can't go on, in this weather.


 * 今無變. 多着在此被伊吹
 * Taⁿ iou-ũ-pōu, lo-tiéh nãⁿ--chié khoih-i-tshue
 * Now, what help can there be we must stay here and let the wind blow.