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 ; 我不知
 * Uá m̄-tsai
 * I don't know.


 * 我不信爾
 * Uá m̃-sìn lṳ́
 * I don't believe you.


 * 爾如何不信我
 * Lṳ́ tsò-nîⁿ m̃-sìn uá?
 * Why don't you believe me?


 * 彼個携來
 * Hṳ́-kâi khiéh--lâi
 * Bring me that.


 * 筅
 * Tshóiⁿ
 * Brush it.


 * 刷好携來
 * Tshóiⁿ-hó khiéh--lâi
 * After you have brushed it, bring it to me.


 * 此買有或無
 * Chía bói-ũ a-bô?
 * Is there any of this to be bought?


 * 買無
 * Bói-bô
 * There is none to be bought.


 * 呌伊來
 * Kiè i lâi
 * Call him here.


 * 伊會走
 * I õi-tsáu
 * He can run.


 * 我會行袂走
 * Ua õi-kiâⁿ, bõi tsáu
 * I can walk, but I cannot run.


 * 爾掠伊
 * Lṳ́ liáh--i
 * You catch him.


 * 爾掠伊會着否
 * Lṳ́ liáh i õi-tiéh mē?
 * Can you catch him?


 * 我袂走. 掠伊袂着
 * Uá bõi-tsáu, liáh i bõi tiéh.
 * I can't run, and I can't catch him.




 * 此個我勿. 我要換
 * Chí--kâi uá màiⁿ, uá aìⁿ-ūaⁿ
 * I don't want a change.


 * 爾去追伊
 * Lṳ́ khṳ̀-jiōu i
 * You go and chase him.


 * 追不着
 * Jiōu m̄-tièh
 * Can't overtake him.


 * 爾走就追會着
 * Lṳ́ tsáu chiũ-jiōu õi-tièh
 * If you run, you will overtake him.