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Rh Words used in teaching and Arguing.


 * tàⁿ-ūe,
 * to talk.


 * tàⁿ-ūe oh thiaⁿ,
 * hard to listen to.


 * tàⁿ-ūe kōi-kōi-thiaⁿ,
 * easy to listen to.


 * tàⁿ-ūe bô-mêng-pe̍h,
 * he does not speak clearly.


 * uá kāng-lṳ́-tàⁿ,
 * I to or with you say, i.e. I tell you.


 * iông-uá-tàⁿ,
 * allow me to state.


 * kāng-lṳ́ tàⁿ-chai,
 * tell it to you for your information.


 * khṳt-lṳ́--tàⁿ,
 * it is for you to speak, i.e. you are allowed to speak.


 * khṳt-uá tàⁿ hó--mē?
 * may I be allowed to speak?


 * chièⁿ-seⁿ tàⁿ mêng-mêng pe̍h-pe̍h,
 * that is stating it very clearly.


 * lṳ́ tàⁿ tùi-tùi,
 * you say it exactly.


 * lṳ́ tàⁿ tùi-tong,
 * you speak to the centre, i.e. to the point.


 * lṳ́ tàⁿ tit tie̍h,
 * you say rightly.


 * àiⁿ-tàⁿ hó-tàⁿ,
 * if you want to speak, speak


 * tàⁿ-lâi tàⁿ-khṳ̀,
 * talk back and forth.


 * tàⁿ-khou-piⁿ, bô-tàⁿ khou-sim,
 * talking around the edge of a subject and not to the heart of it.


 * tàⁿ-chhim che̍k-pōu,
 * go a step deeper into the subject.


 * tàⁿ-thò che̍k-pōu,
 * to draw back a step in argument.


 * tàⁿ-ló-chhó,
 * you talk at random.


 * i tàⁿ lí-lí-tàⁿ, tàⁿ-m̄-hiah,
 * he kept on talking without stopping.


 * i tàⁿ-hiah, ãu pa̍t-nâng chiap-tàⁿ,
 * when he had done talking another joined in.


 * sùa-sùa-tàⁿ,
 * continuous discourse.


 * hiaⁿ-tĩ lṳ́ sie-sùa-tàⁿ,
 * brethren, speak one after another (without breaks).


 * ha̍h-tàⁿ,
 * corroborative.


 * ha̍h-tie̍h-i tàⁿ,
 * accords with what he said.


 * tàⁿ-ūe mài-khah-chōi,
 * don’t say too much.


 * tàⁿ-ūe mài-khah-tn̂g,
 * don’t talk too long.


 * tàⁿ-ūe kùe-tn̂g,
 * exceed the time in talking


 * mài-tàⁿ làng-phāng,
 * don’t talk disjointedly.


 * lṳ́ tàⁿ-khṳt-i miⁿ-ba̍t--chē,
 * let your words be more close together.


 * tàⁿ-ūe mài-kek-chhok,
 * don’t crowd your words together.


 * lṳ́ tàⁿ-ūe tie̍h-ēng-kán,
 * in your speech use brevity.


 * lṳ́ kâi-ūe tàⁿ-lâi-kàu tie̍h,
 * in what you say you are correct.


 * tàⁿ-phùa-i kâi-sim-sṳ̄,
 * exposed his design.


 * tàⁿ-phùa-i kâi-thâm-lūn,
 * confuted his talk.


 * tàⁿ-tāng,
 * emphasize; lay stress on.


 * tàⁿ-tie̍h-la̍t--chē,
 * lay on a little more stress.