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  Notes&mdash;Commercial.


 * 燭臺壹對若干錢
 * Chek-tâi chék-tùi jiéh-tsōi chîⁿ?
 * How much for a pair of these candle-sticks?


 * 兩員半
 * Nõⁿ-khou-pùaⁿ
 * Two dollars and a half.


 * 爾出巳多
 * Lṳ́ tshut jiéh-tsõi?
 * How much do you offer.


 * 我此刻正在彼處買壹員柒角半
 * Uá chí-tsûn chiàⁿ-tõ hièⁿ-thâu bói chék-tùi, khou chhit-kak-pùaⁿ
 * I have just bought a pair from there for $1-75.


 * 在何間舖買
 * Tõ tî-chék-koiⁿ phòu bói?
 * From which shop have you just bought them?


 * 在順合隔壁
 * Tõ Sũn-háh keh-piah
 * Next to (chop) Sun-hah.


 * 順合個貨不可比阮個
 * Sũn-háh kâi-hùe m̄-móⁿ ún--kâi
 * Sun-hah's goods cannot be compared with our goods.


 * 阮個俱皆是正上海個
 * Ún--kâi lóng-tsóng sĩ chiàⁿ Siāng-hái--kâi
 * Ours are all genuine Shanghai goods.


 * 無假個
 * Bô-ké--kâi
 * None are false.


 * 太値錢我不敢買
 * Khah-tát-chîⁿ, uá m̄-káⁿ-bói
 * They are too costly, I dare not buy.


 * 誰人是財主
 * Tî-tiâng sĩ tshâi-tsú?
 * Who is the proprietor (of the shop)?


 * 財主在此內
 * Tshâi-tsú tõ hṳ́-lãi
 * The proprietor is inside.


 * 苦船到來. 要呌伊去起貨
 * Húe-tsṳ̂n kâu--lâi, àiⁿ-kiè i khṳ̀ khí-hùe
 * The steamer has arrived, I want to ask him to go and unload his cargo.


 * 我與此間雜港行. 交易多
 * Uá kah chí-koiⁿ Tsáp-káng-háng kau-kuan tsōi
 * I have a large transaction with this German firm.


 * 與荷蘭西行. 有交易或無
 * Kah Hô-lan-se hâng nē, ũ kau-kuan a-bô?
 * And with the French firms, do you have any transaction?


 * 有零些亞. 我識寄去法國賣物
 * Ũ--lân-ló ā, uá pat kià-khṳ̀ Huap-kok--kò bói-muéh
 * Well, a little, I have ordered something from France.