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Rh Sentences.


 * úa huaⁿ-hí,
 * I am pleased.


 * úa che̍jk-nâng huaⁿ-hí,
 * I for one am pleased.


 * lṳ́ lãu-tōa chhiáⁿ-chõ,
 * venerable Sir, please be seated.


 * ngô-tĩ m̄-hiáu,
 * I, your stupid younger brother, do not understand.


 * i-nâng lâi--liáu,
 * he has come.


 * i-nâng tõ,
 * he is here.


 * i-nâng chhut-koi,
 * he has gone out into the street.


 * i-nâng chiẽⁿ-chhĩ,
 * he has gone up to the market.


 * iũ, úa bô,
 * he has, I have not.


 * in ũ, nán bô,
 * they have, we have not.


 * hiã, hṳ́-sî bô-tõ,
 * I, at that moment, was not there.


 * put-chhâi sĩ jī-cha̍p-hùe,
 * I, the witless one, am twenty years old.


 * siáu-nâng bô-mêng-pe̍h,
 * I, the small one, do not understand.


 * ún tâng-sim tâng-ì,
 * we are of the same heart and purpose.


 * úa-téng chhiet-khiû--lṳ́,
 * we earnestly pray you.


 * lṳ́-po̍k m̄-káⁿ--phièn-lṳ́,
 * I, thy servant, do not dare deceive you.


 * lṳ́-po̍k àiⁿ-cháu,
 * I, thy servant, am going.


 * put-chhâi--húe sĩ kiàⁿ-chûn-nâng,
 * (we), witless ones, are sailors.


 * put-chhâi--húe sĩ choh-chhân,
 * (we), witless ones, till the ground.


 * thâu-ke, ā, sìn-sek būe-kàu,
 * master, the letters have not yet arrived.


 * thâu-ke, ā, sin-bũn-chúa lâi,
 * master, the newspapers have come.


 * i chṳ̃-kí m̄-húeⁿ,
 * he himself does not want to.


 * i-kù chṳ̃-kí tiāⁿ,
 * he regards himself only.


 * Tãi-Jîn ũ bûn-chṳ--lâi,
 * Your Excellency, the despatch has come.


 * Tãi-Jîn ge̍k-chûn tõ-thẽng--lṳ́,
 * Your Excellency, the gig is waiting for you.


 * lãu-nâng-ke chia̍h-tê,
 * venerable Sir, take tea.


 * i-pńg-nâng hán-tit-lâi,
 * he himself rarely comes.


 * i-pńg-nâng bô-lí-sṳ̄,
 * he himself does not transact business.