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Rh Various Questions.


 * mñg-tap,
 * question and answer.


 * mn̄g-lâi mn̄g-khṳ̀,
 * asking to and fro.


 * che̍k-nâng mn̄g,
 * che̍k-nâng ìn, one asks and another answers; dialogue.


 * hó--mē,
 * is it well? Will it do?


 * hó a-m̄-hó
 * will it do or not?


 * chièⁿ-seⁿ hó--mē
 * will that do?


 * ìn-tap tàⁿ,
 * chièⁿ-seⁿ chò, káⁿ õi a-bõi, replied saying,—to do like that, can he or not?


 * lṳ́ kìⁿ chóng-tok chãi-tit káⁿ,
 * how dare you face the governor ?


 * eng-kai chò sĩ-mih-sṳ̄,
 * chiàⁿ õi-tit phêng-an, what must needs be done in order that there may be peace?


 * àiⁿ phêng-an eng-kai chò mih-sṳ̄,
 * if you want peace what is necessary to do?


 * lṳ́ chiēⁿ-ji̍t só-chò kâi-sṳ̄,
 * sĩ būe-chêng kâi-úa tàⁿ--mē, that which you did the other day, is there something that you have not told me of?


 * lṳ́ khá-sĩ bô-àiⁿ kāng-úa tàⁿ,
 * is it so that you don’t want to tell me?


 * lṳ́ phah-sǹg àiⁿ-chhiáⁿ tî-kâi ui-seng lâi,
 * what doctor have you decided to call?


 * lṳ́ chai õi-tit chiap i-kâi-ūi a-bõi,
 * do you know whether you can fill his place or not?


 * lṳ́ hô-íⁿ-chai chí-kâi-sṳ̄,
 * how did you come to know this?


 * lṳ́ chãi-tit tsai chí-kâi-sṳ̄,
 * how can you know this matter?


 * lṳ́ chò-nî ũ hièⁿ-chōi ngṳ̂n,
 * how did you come to have so much money?


 * chò-bõi,
 * why can I not?


 * lṳ́ chai-mêng a,
 * do you know clearly ?


 * chí-kâi-sṳ̄ sĩ so̍k tî-tiâng kâi-sṳ̄,
 * this matter pertains to whom? Whose business is it?


 * chí-kâi-tàⁿ sĩ so̍k tõ tî-tiâng,
 * this responsibility pertains to whom?


 * úa ũ-ūe kàu-sù lṳ́-thiaⁿ,
 * hó--mē, I have something to state to you, may I?


 * ūi-mih-sṳ̄ kám-siā i,
 * what shall I thank him for?


 * ũ-sṳ̄ hó khṳt-i kám-siā--mē,
 * is there anything for which I should be thanked by him?


 * chò-nî õi chièⁿ mêng-pe̍h,
 * how should it come to be so clear?


 * àiⁿ chò-nî chiàⁿ-hó,
 * should it be properly done?


 * i nâng seⁿ-lâi chãi-seⁿ-iēⁿ,
 * what sort of a looking man is he?


 * õi-tit-tie̍h sĩ-mih-siéⁿ,
 * what reward can he have?