VOCABULARY
- Rice (growing), °dau 稻.
- Rice (uncooked), °mi 米.
- Rice (cooked), van° 飯.
- A hat, cap or bonnet. ih °ting mau°-°ts 一頂帽子 or ih tsak mau°-°ts 一隻帽子.
- A carpenter, ih kuh mok-ziang° 一個木匠. Lit. Wood worker.
- A hand, ih tsak °seu 一隻手.
- A foot, ih tsak kyak 一隻脚.
Kung (根) Is the classifier denoting objects long and generally stiff.
- A cane or stick, ih kung °baung 一根棒.
Zoo° (座) is the classifier for hills and buildings.
- A house, ih zoo° vaung-°ts 一座房子. (Sometimes ih zak vaung-°ts 一宅)
Sen° (扇) is the classifier for broad objects.
- A door, ih sen° mung 一扇門.
- To eat, eats, eat, chuh 吃.
- To invite, invites, invite, °tshing 請. (Also used in the sense of please, when making a request of any one).
- To take, tan (擔) or nau (拿).
- To call, calls, call, kyau° 叫.
- To open, opens, open, khe 開.
- To shut, shuts, shut, kwan 關.
- To do, does, perform, make, tsoo° 做.
- To enter, enters, come in, tsing° 進.