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22 Place, Direction, &c. ; chí-kâi hieⁿ-lí seⁿ tõ-tî-kò?
 * where is this village situated?


 * chí-kâi hieⁿ-lí seⁿ-tõ khoi-hièⁿ-pôiⁿ,
 * the village is situated on the other side of the river.


 * i khiã-khí tõ tang-mn̂g,
 * he lives at the East gate.


 * hái-piⁿ; hái-kak; hái-phiâⁿ,
 * the seashore; the coast; the beach.


 * sie-keh,
 * separated from each other.


 * keh ũ-tiâu-khoi,
 * separated by a river.


 * keh ũ-tiâu suaⁿ-lêng,
 * separated by a mountain ridge.


 * keh ũ-tî,
 * separated by a pool.


 * keh bô-ūa-hñg,
 * separated not far.


 * lî bô-ũa-hñg; lî-khui bô-ũa-hñg,
 * not far away.


 * hiàng-lâm khṳ̀,
 * go towards the south.


 * nià-pak khṳ̀,
 * go towards the north.


 * u̍t tõ-pak khṳ̀,
 * turn towards the north.


 * nià tî-kò khṳ̀?
 * which way shall I go?


 * lṳ́ kâi-chûn-thâu nià-m̄-tie̍h,
 * the head of your boat is directed wrong.


 * lî-chí-kò ũ-saⁿ-ji̍t lōu-thâu,
 * distant from here three days’ journey.


 * lî-chí-kò ũ cha̍p-phòu-lōu,
 * distant from here ten leagues fo road.


 * lî-chí-kò chiàⁿ-kàu nõ-lí-lōu,
 * distant from here barely up to two li only.


 * màiⁿ u̍t-lâi, u̍t-khṳ̀,
 * don’t turn to and fro.


 * hièⁿ-tùi tî-kò-khṳ̀?
 * towards which way has he gone?


 * m̄-chai ũ jie̍h-hñg--bô,
 * I don’t know whether it is far or not.


 * bô-jie̍h-hñg; bô-ũa-hñg,
 * not very far.


 * hñg--ā! bô-jie̍h-hñg, far!
 * it is not very far.


 * hñg-pùaⁿ ji̍t lōu-thâu,
 * it is distant half a day’s journey.


 * chhoiⁿ-lí-hñg,
 * distant a thousand li.


 * būan-lí-hñg,
 * distant ten-thousand li.


 * hñg kàu-bô-ke̍k,
 * distant beyond limit.


 * chí--tiâu hñg kúi-hua̍h,
 * byu this road distant a few steps.


 * khah-hñg--lī,
 * O, it’s too far.


 * mê-hng khá õi-tit-kàu, mē?
 * Can I get there by evening?


 * ùi-káⁿ-bōi--ā,
 * afraid you can’t.


 * àiⁿ peh-khí suaⁿ-téng, che̍k-tiám-cheng õi-tit-kàu, mē?
 * I want to climb the mountain, in an hour can I reach (the top)?


 * chò-hièⁿ-kōi, ā!
 * how so easy as that!


 * àiⁿ-kàu a-būe? ka-lô,
 * are we about to reach there? Far from it.