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Rh Sentences on the Past Tense.


 * úa só niá-siũ--kâi hù-thoh lṳ́,
 * that which I have received I deliver to you.


 * i thiaⁿ-tie̍h m̄ huaⁿ-hí,
 * when he heard it he was displeased.


 * tōiⁿ khí-sêng--liáu,
 * the temple is built.


 * i lo̍h-liáu-bé,
 * he had come down from his horse.


 * kì-chai chí-kâi-sṳ̄ chiũ kiaⁿ-ùi,
 * when they knew this matter they were afraid.


 * seⁿ lâm-jî liáu,
 * has given birth to a son.


 * kì-sĩ chiè-seⁿ, i chiũ m̄-káⁿ-khṳ̀,
 * such being the case, he did not dare go.


 * kì bōi--liáu chiũ tit-tie̍h saⁿ-peh-ngṳ̂n,
 * when it was sold he received three hundred dollars.


 * íⁿ-keng sí--khṳ̀ sì-ji̍t--liáu,
 * had been dead four days.


 * kàu chí-kâi-sṳ̄ chò-hiah--liáu,
 * when (they) had stopped doing this thing.


 * phêng-sù, i-sĩ chò ui-seng,
 * heretofore, he had been a physician.


 * thiaⁿ-kìⁿ chí-kâi-ūe i chiũ lì-tiāu i-kâi-saⁿ,
 * when he heard this he at once rent his garments.


 * i chiũ sûi-sî tó-tièⁿ,
 * he at once, thereupon, failed in business.


 * i íⁿ-keng chhut-liáu chí-kâi kò-sī,
 * he had already issued this proclamation.


 * tàⁿ-ūe tàⁿ-hiah,
 * when he had done talking.


 * lṳ́ hûan-liáu jṳ̂ būe-kàu,
 * you have not yet rubbed it enough.


 * sṳ̄ būe-liáu-kak khṳt i cháu--khṳ̀,
 * before the business was settled up he ran away.


 * liên-uán ka-kī kâi saⁿ-khòu khie̍h-m̄-tit,
 * even our own clothes we did not get.


 * tah m̄-tie̍h-chûn,
 * did not get aboard the boat.


 * tah tõ-i kâi-chhù,
 * left it at his house.


 * ũ kâi Siãng-tì chãu--i, chiàⁿ-õi tit-ũ,
 * there was a God who made it, and so it has existence.


 * ngà kâi-nâng kiâⁿ-tie̍h chí-tiâu-lōu bõi-kiâⁿ chha-chhò,
 * even the fool that walks in this road can not make a mistake.


 * i lî-liáu tī-hng,
 * he left the place.


 * i būe-lâi nín-kò kâi sî-hāu, i būe-hiáu chò chí-kâi khang-khùe,
 * before he came to you he did not understand how to do this.


 * tán-kàu úa kùe-hái--liáu, jiên-ãu húe-chûn chiàⁿ-lâi,
 * when I had already crossed the bay, afterwards the steamer then came, i.e, the steamer did not come until after I had crossed the bay.