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.