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30 Conjunctions. ; —a, ho̍k, ho̍k-chiá.
 * lṳ́ nāⁿ-chí thóiⁿ-ũ a-bô,
 * you stay here and see (whether) they have or not.
 * i bô-lâi,
 * m̄-chai i sĩ-pēⁿ a-sĩ m̄-ôiⁿ, he does not come, I don't know whether he is ill, or whether he hasn’t leisure.
 * ho̍k-ũ,
 * ho̍k-bô, bô-chhiet-iàu, whether he has or not is of no consequence.
 * bô-lũn sĩ-ta-pou chṳ-niêⁿ,
 * no matter whether man or woman.
 * m̄-kuán-i sĩ-tōa a-sĩ-sòi,
 * no matter whether it is large or small.


 * —sui-sĩ, sui-jiên, tãn-sĩ, chóng-sĩ.
 * sui-jiên-sĩ uá m̄-káⁿ siang-sìn--i,
 * but although it is so I dare not believe him.
 * tãn-sĩ ũi-hõu mài-khṳ̀,
 * but if it rains don’t go.
 * chóng-sĩ chí-kâi-sṳ̄ uá chò-m̄-pat tò-khṳ̀,
 * but this business is something I don’t know how to do, (or, never did).


 * —huân.
 * huân-iáu-ũ,
 * huân-liáu-ũ, yet there are (more).
 * būe-chêng-ũ,
 * not yet have.
 * huân-iáu-būe,
 * still yet they have not.
 * huân-liáu būe-ũ-nâng-lâi,
 * and still yet no one has come.


 * —kù-chhṳ́, só-íⁿ, só-íⁿ-chiá.
 * —nî-hùe chōi-kùe-i,
 * years more than his.
 * iàⁿ-kùe-i; kiêⁿ-kùe-i,
 * better than he.


 * —khióng-phàⁿ, khióng-ùi, kiaⁿ-ùi.
 * —i bô-sie-hũ, tin-tò chó-chí,
 * he did not assist, on the contrary he hindered.


 * —tṳ̂-tiāu chí-che̍k-kiãⁿ, uá chiũ káⁿ-tam-sêng--i,
 * excepting this one thing, I can venture to be security for him.


 * —chiũ; jiên-ãu.
 * íⁿ-ãu,
 * after that.
 * buah-hún chiũ-õi-ngiá,
 * rub on powder and then it will be beautiful.
 * chhiù-sua chiũ-õi-pe̍h,
 * scour it with sand and then it can be white.
 * kàu-hṳ́-chôiⁿ kâi-hieⁿ-lí chiũ-sĩ,
 * when you reach that village before you, then it is (the matter spoken of).
 * bô-o̍h chiũ-bõi,
 * (if you) don’t learn, then you can’t.
 * liēn-kùe chiũ-õi,
 * when you have practised it then you can.