# Primary Lessons in Swatow Grammar/Lesson XII
## se-su; lân-ló,

    a little.

## se-su-kiáⁿ; lân-lân ló-ló,

    a very little.

## chhoh-kiáⁿ,

    a small quantity.

## nih-kiáⁿ,

    just a little bit.

## ũ-kúi-cha̍p,

    a few tens.

## ũ-che̍k chat-kiáⁿ,

    a little space (a measure of distance).

## che̍k-chūa,

    one stretch; one passage.

## ha̍p-ke,

    the whole house.

## kàu-chok; m̄-kàu-chok,

    enough; not enough.

## chok-ēng,

    enough for use.

## m̄-kàu-ēng,

    not enough for use.

## m̄-lã-sái,

    not enough to meet expenses.

## m̄-kàu-kâi,

    not a complete one.

## ha̍p-kâi sĩ-chièⁿ-seⁿ,

    all of them are that way.

## chōi-chōi; tōa-bó-mue̍h,

    a great deal.

## chié-chié,

    a very little.

## ũ-chōi-chié,

    there are more or less.

## tih-kiáⁿ,

    a little bit.

## lân-tiám,

    a few drops.

## che̍k-tiám,

    one drop.

## lân-lia̍p,

    a few grains.

## chhō-kàu-tĩⁿ,

    put it in till full.

## chhō-kàu pùaⁿ-tĩⁿ,

    put in till half full.

## ũ jie̍h-chōi-kâi,

    how many are there?

## u-jie̍h-tōa,

    how large is it?

## ũ-jie̍h-tĩⁿ,

    how full is it?

## khat-khat-kàu,

    barely enough.

## siè-siè-kàu,

    barely„ enough„

## ũ-hãn,

    it has a limit.

## bô-kài-hãn,

    illimitable.

## hãn-i cha̍p-ji̍t,

    limited him to ten days.

## ũ-hãn ũ-liãng,

    there are limits and measures.

## bô-hãn bô-liãng,

    limitless.

## tiám-kiáⁿ-niⁿ,

    a very little.

## ũ-kúi-lia̍p,

    a few grains.

## tōa-ē,

    a large quantity.

## siàu-m̄-liáu,

    can’t count to the end.

## siàu-m̄-tit,

    countless.

## siàu-m̄-chōi,

    count, how many there are.

## bô-mih-chōi,

    not very much or many. ​

## pùaⁿ-kue̍h,

    half a length.

## che̍k-ûe,

    one half.

## saⁿ-siâⁿ; cha̍p-hūn-saⁿ,

    three-tenths.

## ngõu-hūn-saⁿ,

    three-fifths.

## poih-hūn che̍k,

    one-eight.

## che̍k-peh, che̍k-chhoiⁿ,

    one hundred, one thousand.

## chhoiⁿ-chhoiⁿ būan-būan,

    thousands and tens of thousands.

## niê jie̍h-chōi,

    it measures how many? Go measure how many.

## niê i jie̍h-kûiⁿ?

    measure it how high?

## niê i jie̍h-chhim?

    measure it how deep?

## niê i jie̍h-chhién?

    measure it how shallow?

## niê i jie̍h-khuah?

    measure it how wide?

## khṳ̀ niê-i kâi-chhùn-chhieh,

    measure its feet and inches; get its dimensions.

## che̍k-pé,

    a handful.

## meⁿ che̍k-pé-bí,

    scoop up an handful of rice.

## che̍k-phóng,

    a double handful.

## na̍k-che̍k-na̍k,

    snatch up a snatch; a snatch.

## che̍k-tháng siè-siè,

    the bucket is rather scant.

## khie̍h-táu lâi niê-iâm,

    take a peck-measure and measure the salt.

## niê-thóiⁿ jie̍h-chōi-tñg,

    measure and see how much its length.

## téng-i jie̍h-chōi kṳn-tãng,

    weigh it, how many pounds heavy.

## téng-hó a-būe,

    heave you weighed it or not yet?

## téng-hó--liáu,

    have weighed it.

## téng-hó--liáu m̄-kàu,

    weighed it, it isn’t enough.

## phêng-ngṳ̂n,

    to weigh silver.

## phêng-ũ saⁿ-cha̍p-nié,

    it weights thirty ounces.

## lóng-chóng,

    all.

## chhù-lãi lóng-chóng-nâng,

    all the people in the house.

## chèng-nâng hâng-ho̍k i,

    all the people submitted themselves to him.

## chèng-chèng sĩ pêⁿ-iēⁿ,

    all [emphatic] are of the same kind.

## chōi-chãi, bô-kò hó-pàng,

    very many, no place to put them.

## thàn-m̄-kàu só-hùi,

    earned not enough (to meet) expenses.

## thàn bô-lã-chia̍h,

    earned not enough to eat.

## pâng-lãi, chn̂g-kâi sĩ húe-hun,

    in the room all was smoke, i.e. filled with smoke.
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