# Handbook of the Swatow Vernacular/Notes—Nautical
## Lesson XXVIII. Notes—Nautical.
### 我要過畨

    Uá àiⁿ-kùe-huan
       I am going to a foreign country.

### 爾要搭何隻火船

    Lṳ́ àiⁿ-tah tî-chék-chiah húe-tsûn?
       By which steamer are you going?

### 我要搭甲板

    Uá àiⁿ-tah kap-pán
       I am going by a sailing vessel.

### 此時做好搭甲板。逆風

    Chí--tiang-sî tsò-hó tah-kap-pán, ngék-huang
       You shouldn't go by sailing vessel at this time, as the wind is contrary.

### 爾能可搭火船

    Lṳ́ nêng-kò tah húe-tsûn
       You had better go by steamer.

### 搭彼隻藍烟筒

    Tah hṳ́-chiah nâm-in-tâng
       Go by the blue funnel (steamer.)

### 明天早入來

    Màⁿ-mêng-khí jíp--lâi
       She comes in to-morrow morning.

### 舵舡好行了

    Tãi-kong hó-kiâⁿ--lō
       Steersman, you had better start now.

### 天時好了

    Thiⁿ-sî hó--lō
       The weather is fine.

### 我起來看

    Uá khí--kâi thóiⁿ
       Let me come up and see.

### 咳。雨還了未晴

    Uã! hōu huân-lióu būe-chêⁿ
       Oh! the rain hasn't stopped yet.

### 須子雨子不畏也

    Su-kiáⁿ hōu-kiáⁿ, mùiⁿ--nō
       You needn't be afraid of little rain.

### 霋時要浮大風湧

    Khiã-tiām àiⁿ-phû tūa-huang-êng
       By and bye a storm and large waves will rise.

### 敢是要做風颱也

    Káⁿ-sĩ àiⁿ-tsò huang-thai ã!
       Oh! I think there will be a typhoon.

### 來抛加壹個錠

    Lâi-pha ke--kâi tèng
       Let us let go another anchor.

### 此天時做好行

    Chiá--thiⁿ-sî tsò-hó-kiâⁿ
       Oh, we can't go on, in this weather.

### 今無變。多着在此被伊吹

    Taⁿ iou-ũ-pōu, lo-tiéh nãⁿ--chié khoih-i-tshue
       Now, what help can there be we must stay here and let the wind blow. ​

### 流水雄。風不好

    Lâu-tsúi li hiông, huang li m̄-móⁿ
       The tide is strong, and the wind is contrary.

### 此隻船好駛

    Chí-chiah-tsûn hó-sái
       This boat sails well.

### 行甚猛

    Kiâⁿ-méⁿ-tsãi
       It goes very fast.

### 火船免用駛風會行

    Húe-tsûn mín-ēng sái-huang õi-kiâⁿ
       Steamers can go without setting sails.

### 下次船我就要去

    Ẽ-tsūa-tsûn uá chiũ-àiⁿ-khṳ̀
       I am going next trip.

### 直透。無往誰處

    Tít-thàu, bô-kua tî-kò
       I go direct without calling any where.

### 挺去火船邊

    Theⁿ-khṳ̀ húe-tsûn-piⁿ
       Row along the steamer.

### 我要落貨

    Uá àiⁿ-hẽ-hùe
       I want to ship cargo.

### 挺去船頭

    Theⁿ-khṳ̀ tsún-thâu
       Row to the fore-part of the vessel.

### 仔細。勿撞着火船

    TSṳ-sòi, màiⁿ siàng-tiéh hńe-tsûn
       Take care, don't knock against the steamer.

### 火長在何處

    Húe-tiéⁿ tõ-tî-kò?
       Where's the captain?

### 火長起去

    Húe-tiéⁿ khí-khṳ̀
       The captain has gone on shore.

### 伊霋時就落來

    I khiã-tiām chiũ lóh--lâi
       He will come on board by and bye.

### 火船有吹陂或未

    Húe-tsûn ũ pûn-pi a-būe?
       Has the steamer sounder her whistle?

### 吹三次了

    Pûn saⁿ-ē--lō
       She has whistled three times.

### 加壹次就要行

    Ke chék-ē chiũ àiⁿ-kiâⁿ
       Once more (the next time) she will start.

### 船頭枝桅個旗。若是升半𰉗就要行

    Tsûn-thâu ki-ûi kâi kî, nāⁿ-sĩ liū pùaⁿ-kuéh chiũ àiⁿ-kiâⁿ
       If the flag of the foremast is hoisted half mast high, then the steamer is going to start.

### 壹人跋落水底。無人去撈伊

    Kâi-nâng puáh-lóh tsúi-tói, bô-nâng khṳ̀-liôu i
       A man has fallen over board, and no one has gone to pick him up. ​

### 伊無乜會氽

    I bô-mih õi-siû
       He can't swim very well.

### 無速速去救伊。就着激死

    Bô méⁿ-méⁿ khṳ̀ kiù--i, chiũ-tiéh kek-sí
       If he is not saved quickly, he will be drowned.

### 爾會氼否

    Lṳ́ õi bī mē?
       Can you dive?

### 無羅經。駛不知何處

    Bô lô-keⁿ, sái m̄-pat-tò-khṳ
       Without a compass we don't know where to sail to.