VOCABULARY

To teach, kau° 敎.
To write, °sia 寫.
To ask, mung° 問.
To pay, foo° 付.
To build, °zau 造.
To look for, zing 尋.
To hear, thing 聽 or thing kyien° (heard) 聽見.
To know a Chinese character, suh 識.
To strike against, bang° 掽.
To get, tuh 得.
A mason, ih kuh nyi-°s ziang° 一個泥水匠.
A water buffalo, ih tsak °s-nyeu 一隻水牛.
An apple, ih tsak bing °koo 一隻蘋果.
A dining table, ih tsak chuh-van°-de-°ts 一隻吃飯檯子.
An office desk, ih tsak °sia-z°-de-°ts 一隻寫字檯子.
A Chinese character, ih kuh z° 一個字.
A drawer of a table, ih tsak tsheu-thi 一隻抽屜; ih tsak tsheu-teu 一隻抽斗.
An unmarried woman, ih kuh °siau-°tsia 一個小姐.
Tea, dzo 茶.
Now, yien°-°dze 現在.
Not yet, ’veh zung 勿曾.
Still not yet, wan ’veh zung 還勿曾.
Why? we°-sa° 爲啥 or we°-sa°-°lau 爲啥佬.
Because, iung-we° 因爲 or we°-ts 爲之.

In using iung-we° the particle °lau (佬) is generally added at the end of the clause. Thus: “Why did you not go? Because I did not want to go” is noong° we°- °sa ’veh chi°? Iung we° °ngoo ’veh iau° chi° °lau (儂爲啥勿去? 因爲我勿要去佬.)