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 ; 或者下午亦不知
 * Pa-lak ẽ-kùa iā m̄-tsai
 * Perhaps in the afternoon, but I don't know.


 * 今夜伊不在
 * Ke-mêⁿ i m̄-tõ
 * He shall not be at home to-night.


 * 夜昏子伊要來我此處
 * Mêⁿ-hng-kiaⁿ iàiⁿ-lâi úa--kò
 * He is coming to my place to-night.


 * 我請伊
 * Uá chhiáⁿ i
 * I have invited him.


 * 伊作有幾多日工
 * I tsoh ũ jiéh-tsōi jít kang?
 * How many days' work has he done?


 * 伊作有壹個月
 * I tsoh ũ chék-kâi guéh
 * He has worked one month.


 * 伊日間作. 夜間亦作
 * I jít--kùa tsoh, mêⁿ--kùa iā tsoh
 * He worked in the day, and he also worked in the night.


 * 伊個工是重在
 * I kái khang-khùe sĩ tàng-tsãi
 * His work is very heavy.


 * 日未暗
 * Jít būe-àm
 * It is not yet dark.


 * 爾睡到日向晏正走起
 * Lṳ́ út-kàu jít hièⁿ-uáⁿ chiàⁿ-tsáu-khí
 * You have slept far into the day, before you got up.


 * 下日爾不可睡到向晏
 * Ê-jít lṳ́ m̄-móⁿ út-kàu-hièⁿ uàⁿ
 * For the future, you must not sleep so late into the day.


 * 日暗着去睡
 * Jít àm tiéh khṳ̀-út
 * When it is late at night, you must go to bed.


 * 勿到半夜正去 睡 睡 [sic]
 * Màiⁿ-kàu puàⁿ-méⁿ chiàⁿ-khṳ̀-út
 * Don't let it be midnight before you go to bed.


 * 三更半夜勿去口
 * Saⁿ-keⁿ puàⁿ-mêⁿ màiⁿ-khṳ̀-kháu
 * Don't go out at such a late hour at night.




 * 早
 * Tsá
 * Early.


 * 早早
 * Tsá-tsá
 * Very early.