# Primary Lessons in Swatow Grammar/Lesson XV
## And— íⁿ-ki̍p, pẽng, kah, kũa.
   ## kaⁿ íⁿ-ki̍p keng-chie kāng-chîⁿ saⁿ-peh-chîⁿ,

       oranges and bananas together were three-hundred cash.

   ## che̍k-kâi-ngṳ̂n pẽng-chîⁿ sì-sek,

       a dollar and forty cents.

   ## bói-gô kah-chiah-koi,

       buy a goose and a fowl.

   ## i bōi che̍k-bóu-chhân kah-kũa che̍k-kò-hn̂g,

       he sold an acre of watered land and a piece of unwatered.

## Also—iā-ũ iā-bô,

    also have, also have not.

   ## õ, lṳ́ iā-tàⁿ i-kâi-ūe,

       O, you also are talking his words.

   ## nâng gō-sí, cheng-seⁿ iā-gō-sí,

       the men starve to death and the stock also starve to death.

## As, so—chhin-chhiẽⁿ, jû, pêng, àn.
   ## jû-lṳ́ só-tàⁿ,

       as you say.

   ## pêng-lṳ́ só-tàⁿ,

       as you say.

   ## chò-sṳ̄ jû-siêⁿ,

       (he) acts as he always does.

   ## ji̍t che̍k-ē-lo̍h uá chiũ-ji̍p-siâⁿ,

       as the sun set I entered the city.

   ## jû...chièⁿ-seⁿ,

       as...so.

   ## àn...chièⁿ-seⁿ,

       as...so.

   ## àn-lṳ́ só-chò che̍k-iēⁿ,

       the same as you do.

## Because—uân-in, in-tì, in-ũi-tie̍h.
   ## uân-in hièⁿ-kú bô-hõu,

       because for so long there was no rain.

   ## in-tì nõⁿ-nâng bô-hûa-mo̍k,

       because the two men were not at peace.

   ## in-ũi-tie̍h si̍h-pńg,

       because he lost his capital.

   ## uân-in chò-nî,

       because of what? Why so?

## Both—liáng-kâi, jī-ke.
   ## liáng-kâi chhou-chhou,

       both are coarse.

   ## jī-ke sie-mēⁿ,

       both are quarrelling.

   ## nõ-nâng pêⁿ-pêⁿ-jiáng,

       the two men were alike wrangling.

   ## pí-chhṳ́ tie̍h-sūn kui-kṳ́,

       both must follow the custom.

## If—a-sĩ, jia̍k-sĩ, tiāⁿ-sĩ, nāⁿ-sĩ.
   ## mn̂g a-sĩ bô-khui chiũ-hó tńg--lâi,

       the door, if it is not open, then you may come back.

   ## a-sĩ chièⁿ-seⁿ,

       if it is like that.

   ## jia̍k-sĩ chièⁿ-seⁿ,

       if it„ is like„ that.„

   ## tiāⁿ-sĩ chièⁿ-seⁿ,

       if certainly so.

   ## nãⁿ-sĩ chièⁿ-seⁿ,

       if it is so. ​

## Whether, or—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.

## But, although—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).

## Yet—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.

## Than—nî-hùe chōi-kùe-i,

    years more than his.

   ## iàⁿ-kùe-i; kiêⁿ-kùe-i,

       better than he.

## On the contrary—i bô-sie-hũ, tin-tò chó-chí,

    he did not assist, on the contrary he hindered.

## Except—tṳ̂-tiāu chí-che̍k-kiãⁿ, uá chiũ káⁿ-tam-sêng--i,

    excepting this one thing, I can venture to be security for him.

## Then, thereupon—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.