VOCABULARY

Good, \°hau/ 好.

Bad, \cheu/ (恘). More often \’veh °hau/ (勿好), \’Veh/ means “not.”

Cold, \°lang/ 冷.

Hot, \nyih/ 熱.

White, \bak/ 白.

Black, \huh/ 黒.

Large, \doo°/ 大.

Small, \°siau/ 小.

A scholar, \ih kuh dok-su-nyung/ 一個讀書人.

A dog, \ih tsak °keu/ 一隻狗.

Water, \°s/ 水, (Generally used without a classifier).

A horse, \ih tsak °mo/ (一隻馬). 匹 \phih/ is sometimes used as the

classifier of horses.

\{°Pung}/ (本) is the classifier for book.

A book, \ih °pung su/ 一本書.

\{Diau}/ (條) is the classifier with long, winding or limber objects.

A bridge, \ih diau jau/ 一條橋.

A street, \ih diau ka/ 一條街.

A road, \ih diau loo°/ 一条路.

To read, to study, \dok/ 讀.

To come, \le/ 來.

To go, \chi°/ 去.

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