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 ; 小兒在耍
 * Nouⁿ-kiáⁿ tõ sńg
 * The boys are playing.


 * 我在寫字
 * Uá tõ siá-jī
 * I am writing.


 * 亞奴在哭
 * A-nôuⁿ tõ khàu
 * The child is crying.


 * 伊呾伊要去
 * I tàⁿ i àiⁿ-lâi
 * He says he is coming.


 * 伊要轉去
 * I àiⁿ-tńg--khṳ̀
 * He is going home.





The words employed in the comparative degree are 愈 zú, 敬 kèng, (more) 𢰳 ióu, (a little) 過 kùe, (over) 贏 iâⁿ (to be superior, to defeat,) and 輸, (to be inferior, to be defeated.)


 * 愈多愈好
 * Zú-tsōi zú-hó
 * The more the better.


 * 只個𢰳大
 * Chí--kâi ióu-tūa
 * This is a little larger.


 * 伊有愈多我
 * I ũ zú-tsōi uá
 * He has more than I.


 * 此個敬長過彼個
 * Chí--kâi kèng-tn̂g kùe hṳ́-kâi
 * This is longer than that.


 * 爾個好. 我個愈敬好
 * Lṳ́--kâi hó, uá--kâi zú-kèng hó
 * Yours is good, (but) mine better.


 * 伊會走猛過我
 * He can run faster than I.


 * 伊行猛過伊走
 * Lṳ́ kiâⁿ méⁿ-kùe i tsáu
 * You walk faster than he runs.


 * 潮州府會贏過汕頭或袂
 * Tiê-chiu-hú õi iâⁿ-kùe Suaⁿ-thâu a-bõi?
 * Is Ch'ao-chow-fu better than Swatow?