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 ; 爾不識携信去信關
 * Lṳ́ m̄-pat khiéh sìn khṳ̀ sin-kuan?
 * Have you never taken letters to the post-office?


 * 不識
 * M̄-pat
 * I never have.


 * 信關在角石
 * Sìn-kuan tõ Kak-chiéh
 * The post-office is at Kak-chieh.


 * 爾知炮臺在何處
 * Lṳ́ tsai phàu-thâi tõ tî-kò?
 * You know where the fort is?


 * 不知. 我早不識來此汕頭
 * M̄ tsai, uá tsá m̄-pat lâi chí Suaⁿ-thâu
 * I don't know, I have never been at Swatow before.


 * 我此個地方不熟
 * Uá chí-kâi tī-hng m̄-sék
 * I am not familiar with this place.


 * 爾貴處
 * Lṳ́ tî-kò húe?
 * Where do you belong to?


 * 我菴埠處
 * Uá Am-pou húe
 * I belong to Am-pou.


 * 爾嘗識去府城否
 * Lṳ́ khah-pat khṳ̀ Hú-siâⁿ mē?
 * Have you ever been to Ch'ao-chow-fu?


 * 識也. 我有去四五次
 * Pat a, uá ũ khṳ̀ sì-ngõu tsūa
 * Oh yes, I have been there four or five times.


 * 城是大在
 * The city is very large.


 * 有個街大汕頭個街多也
 * Ũ-kâi koi tūa Suaⁿ-thâu kâi koi tsōi a
 * Some streets are much larger than the streets in Swatow.


 * 阮個鄕里莊隴
 * Ún kâi hieⁿ-lí Tsng-léng
 * Our village is Tsng-leng.


 * 離菴埠無若遠
 * Lî Am-pou bô-jiéh-hñg
 * Not very far from Am-pou.


 * 恁個鄕里有塔或無
 * Nín kâi hieⁿ-lí ũ thah a-bô?
 * Is there any pagoda in your village?


 * 阮個鄕里無
 * Ún kâi hieⁿ-lí bô
 * None in our village.


 * 汕頭埠有市或無
 * Suaⁿ-thâu-pou ũ chhĩ a-bô?
 * Is there any market in the town of Swatow?