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 ; 共携壹張紙
 * Kah khiéh chék-tieⁿ tsúa
 * And a sheet of paper.


 * 是可紙. 白竹紙或是西國紙
 * Sĩ-mih tsúa, péh-tek-tsúa a-sĩ sai-kok-tsúa
 * What sort of paper, Chinese or foreign?


 * 隨便都好
 * Zuãn tou-hó
 * Either will do.


 * 先生要寫字爾來磨墨
 * Sin-seⁿ àiⁿ siá-jī lṳ́ lâi bûa-bák
 * The teacher is going to write, you come and rub the ink-stick.


 * 信皮要否
 * Sìn-phûe àiⁿ mē?
 * Do you want an envelope?


 * 要也. 携張來
 * Àiⁿ a, khiéh tieⁿ lâi
 * Yes, get me one.


 * 草蓆共拭脚個蓑携去晒
 * Tsháu-chhiéh kah chhit-kha kâi sui, khiéh khṳ̀ phák
 * Take the matting and the door-mat and air them in the sun.


 * 拍清潔. 了正去晒
 * Pũaⁿ chheng-khih, lióu chiàⁿ-khṳ̀ phák
 * Beat them clean before putting them in the sun.


 * 走馬樓個簾放落來
 * Tsáu-bé-lâu kâi liâm pàng--lôh-lâi
 * Let go the blinds of the verandah.


 * 爾曉撞枳只 [sic]否
 * Lṳ́ hióu thn̄g-chí mē?
 * Can you play billiards?


 * 曉也. 爾要共我輸贏
 * Hióu a, lṳ́ àiⁿ kah uá su-iâⁿ?
 * Yes, do you wish to have a match with me?


 * 咱來撞戲耍就好
 * Nán lâi thn̄g thit-thô chiũ-hó
 * Let us simply play (a game) for pleasure.


 * 免用相輸. 我不上賭賻
 * Mín-ēng sie-su, uá m̄-siãng puáh-chîⁿ
 * We needn't have a match, as I don't like to gamble.


 * 賭賻是不好事
 * Puáh-chîⁿ sĩ m̄-móⁿ sṳ̄
 * Gambling is a bad thing.

Bed Room.


 * 眠床
 * Mîn-tshn̂g
 * A bedstead.


 * 抗床
 * Khàng-tshn̂g
 * A Chinese couch.


 * 鋪
 * Phou
 * A bed formed of two benches with boards laid across.


 * 褥
 * Zók
 * Mattress.