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 ; 種
 * Chèng
 * To plant.


 * 扭
 * Liú
 * To dig.


 * 白發
 * Péh-huat
 * Weeds.


 * 欉
 * Tsâng
 * A classifier of a tree.


 * 摘
 * Tiah
 * To pluck.


 * 沃花個人在何處
 * Ak-hue--kâi-nâng tõ tî-ko?
 * Where is the gardener?


 * 呌伊速速來沃花
 * Hàm i méⁿ-méⁿ lâi ak-hue
 * Tell him to look sharp and come and water the plants.


 * 花俱皆饒饒
 * Hue lóng-tsóng jiôu-jîou
 * The plants are all dried up.


 * 好多日無沃
 * Hoh-tsōi jít bô-ak
 * They have not been watered for several days.


 * 有個要死了
 * Ũ-kâi àiⁿ-sí--lō
 * Some of them are withering.


 * 此欉死了. 扭丢
 * Chí--tsâng sí lō, liú-tiòu
 * This one is withered, dig it out.


 * 在彼有䓶. 着去掘丢
 * Tõ-hié ũ chhì, tiéh khṳ̀ kút-tiòu
 * There are thorns there, you must go and hoe them away.


 * 掘了携糞箕携丢
 * Kút-lióu khiéh pùn-ki put-tiòu
 * After hoing them get baskets and remove them.


 * 此欉花何人種個
 * Chí-tsâng hue tî-tiâng chèng--kâi?
 * Who has planted this plant here?


 * 是我種個
 * Sĩ uá chèng--kâi.
 * I planted it.


 * 彼欉是白發個
 * Hṳ́--tsâng sĩ péh-huat--kâi
 * That one is a weed.


 * 白發個勿. 挽丢
 * Péh-huat--kâi màiⁿ, mán-tiòu
 * I don't want any weeds, pull it up.