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28 Prepositions and equivalents ; —chiēⁿ-ẽ,
 * above and below.
 * tõ-chiēⁿ--kò lo̍h--lâi,
 * he came down from up there.
 * peh-chiẽⁿ-suaⁿ,
 * he climbed up the hill.


 * àiⁿ-chiẽⁿ chiũ-chiẽⁿ, àiⁿ-lo̍h chiũ-lo̍h,
 * if he wants to go up he’ll go up, if he wants to come down he'll come down.
 * khí--khṳ̀ lo̍h--lâi,
 * ascend and descend.


 * —tõ-mn̂g-bâi-chiēⁿ,
 * over the door.
 * suaⁿ-chiēⁿ ũ-hûn,
 * over the mountain there was a cloud.
 * tõ-chhn̂g-ẽ ũ-kha-ta̍h,
 * under the table is a footstool.
 * tõ-chhn̂g-téng ũ-mue̍h-kiãⁿ,
 * on the table were some things.
 * jī-cha̍p-gūa,
 * over twenty.
 * jī-cha̍p ũ-ṳ̂,
 * twenty and more.


 * —sì-chiu-ûi ũ-láu-chiàng,
 * all around were soldiers.
 * sì-phìⁿ chiũ-chúi,
 * all around was water.
 * chiu-ûi chẽng-chẽng sĩ-tek,
 * all around were bamboos.


 * —sie-thàng,
 * through from one to the other.
 * thàng-hṳ́-tiáu-hāng,
 * through that passage way.
 * àiⁿ-sú kài-khang õi-thàng a-bõi?
 * I want to bore a hole, can it go through or not? õi-thàng, can go through.
 * thàng-chí-kò kùe,
 * went through this way.
 * õi-thong-huang,
 * the wind can pass through.


 * —khie̍h-bí-niêⁿ chò-pû-khṳ̀,
 * take rice along.
 * kāng-i phue̍h-ūe,
 * chat with him.


 * —kàu, chí-kàu, tán-kàu, thẽng-kàu, thãi-kàu.
 * —gūa-kháu,
 * outside.
 * gūa-mīn; lāi-mīn,
 * outside; inside.


 * —hieⁿ-lí chôiⁿ-ãu,
 * all about the village.
 * iak-lia̍k-tàⁿ chiũ-hó,
 * say about how it is, will do.
 * iak-pān,
 * an estimate of about how much.


 * —kṳ̃n-chôiⁿ, tō-mīn-chôiⁿ, thâu-chôiⁿ;
 * before (in place), thâu-soiⁿ, before (in time).
 * ka-chiah-ãu,
 * pùe-ãu, behind.


 * —íⁿ-ãu, chiá-sṳ̄-ãu,
 * since the affair.
 * tâng-tiâng-sî ũ-chièⁿ-seⁿ?
 * since when has it been so?
 * sṳ̄ íⁿ-ãu kàu-taⁿ,
 * since the affair down till now.


 * —chìn-chôiⁿ nõ-saⁿ-pōu,
 * go forwards two or three steps.
 * thò-ãu kúi-hua̍h,
 * go backward a few steps.