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 ; 雷公响
 * Lûi-kong tán
 * The thunder roars.


 * 雷公攝目. 了正响
 * Lûi-kong nih-mák, lióu chiàⁿ-tân
 * The lightning flashes first, then the thunder roars.


 * 雨定着是大
 * Hõu tiāⁿ-tiéh sĩ tūa
 * The rain is sure to be a heavy one.


 * 唐人講究雷公不對
 * Tn̂g-nâng káng-kiù lûi-kong m̄-tùi
 * What the Chinese discuss about the lightning is not correct.


 * 唐人此事不曉
 * Tn̂g-nâng chí-kâi sū m̄-hióu
 * The Chinese do not understand about this matter.


 * 英國人就曉
 * Eng-kok-nâng chiũ-hióu
 * The English understand.


 * 虹有多多色
 * Khẽng ũ ke-ke sek
 * The rainbow has many colours.


 * 肩紅有白有藍有青有黄
 * Ũ âng, ũ péh, ũ nâm, ũ chheⁿ, ũ n̂g
 * It has red, white, blue, green and yellow.


 * 還了有
 * Huân-lióu ũ
 * It has some more.


 * 是雅在
 * Sĩ ngiá-tsãi
 * It is very beautiful.


 * 咱所有個色是從虹處來
 * Nán só-ũ kâi sek sĩ tshông khẽng--kò lâi
 * The colours which we have, come from the rainbow.


 * 流漲或是退
 * Lâu tĩⁿ a-sĩ khó?
 * Is it high tide or ebb tide?


 * 流退
 * Lâu khó
 * It is ebb tide.


 * 海有湧否
 * Hái ũ éng mē?
 * Are there any waves in the sea?


 * 有. 湧袂大
 * Ũ, éng bõi-tūa
 * Yes, the waves are not big.


 * 風颱時荒險
 * Huang-thai sĩ hong-hiám
 * The typhoon is dangerous.