# Handbook of the Swatow Vernacular/A Building &c.
## Lesson XII. a building &c.
### section I.
#### 厝

    Tshù
       A house.

#### 地脚

    Tī-kha
       Foundation.

#### 灰

    Hue
       Lime.

#### 墻

    Chhiêⁿ
       Wall.

#### 厝頂

    Tshù-téng
       Roof.

#### 厝瓦

    Tshù-hiã
       Tiles (roof.)

#### 棟樑　樑

    Tòng-êⁿ, êⁿ
       A beam.

#### 柱

    Thiõu
       A pillar, a post.

#### 磚

    Tsng
       Tiles (floor.) ​

#### 紅磚

    Âng-tsng
       Bricks.

#### 塗脚

    Thôu-kha
       Floor (earth of tile.)

#### 灰埕

    Hue-tiâⁿ
       Lime floor.

#### 樓枋

    Lâu-pang
       Board floor.

#### 欄杆

    Lân-kan
       Railing.

#### 要建厝着有地脚

    Àiⁿ khí-tshù tiéh ũ tī-kha
       To build a house, there must be a foundation.

#### 地脚深。厝就堅

    Tī-kha chhim, tshù chiũ khiàng
       If the foundation is deep, then the house will be strong.

#### 無地脚厝袂站

    Bô tī-kha tshù bõi-khiã
       Without a foundation, the house will not stand.

#### 灰切要着足。無。墻袂有

    Hue chhiet-iòu tiéh kàu, bô, chhiêⁿ bõi-tōiⁿ
       It is important to have sufficient lime, otherwise, the walls will not be hard.

#### 我個厝頂個厝瓦有零塊破

    Uá kâi tshù-téng kâi tshù-hiã ũ lân-kò phùa
       Some of the tiles on my roof are broken.

#### 厝漏

    Tshù lāu
       The house leaks.

#### 我要呌司阜來修整

    Uá àiⁿ-kiè sai-pẽ lâi siu-síp
       I want to get a bulder to repair it.

#### 此枝柱大枝

    Chí-ki thiõu tuā-ki
       This pillar is large.

#### 塗脚個紅磚破

    Thôu-kha kâi âng-tsng phùa
       The bricks of the floor are broken.

#### 呌司阜來補

    Kiè sai-pẽ lâi póu
       Call the builder to mend them.

#### 塗脚每個禮拜着洗壹次

    Thôu-kha chék-kâi lói-pài tiéh sói chék-ē
       The floor must be washed once a week. ​

#### 樓頂樓枋亦是如是

    Lâu-téng lâu-pang iā sĩ chièⁿ-seⁿ
       The floor up-stairs the same.

#### 每個禮拜着洗清潔清潔

    Kâi-kâi lói-pài tiéh sói chheng-khih chheng-khih
       Every week you must wash it clean.

#### 灰埕亦着洗

    Hue-tiâⁿ iā tiéh sói
       The lime floor must be washed.

#### 此處無明朝早𤍠在

    Chíe pâi-mêng-khí-tsá zuáh-tsãi
       Here it is very warm every morning.

#### 我要作欄杆

    Uá àiⁿ-tsò lân-kan
       I want to make a railing.

#### 爾呌司阜霎時來

    Lṳ́ kiè sai-pẽ khiã-tiām lâi
       You tell the carpenter to come bye-and-bye.

#### 共伊呾我此處要作欄杆

    Kah i tàⁿ uá chí-kò àiⁿ-tsò lân-kan
       Tell him I want to make a railing here.

#### 司阜個內在何處爾知否

    Sai-pẽ kâi lãi tõ tî-kò lṳ́ tsai mē?
       Do you know where the carpenter's place is?

#### 知亞

    Tsai--a
       Oh yes, I know.

#### 𤍠在。我霎時正來去

    Zuáh-tsãi, uá khiã-tiām chiàⁿ-lâi-khṳ̀
       It is very warm (now), I will go bye-and-bye.

### section II.
#### 門

    Mn̂g
       A door.

#### 枋

    Pâng
       A room.

#### 廳

    Thiaⁿ
       A drawing room, a hall.

#### 看書房

    Thóiⁿ-tsṳ-pâng
       A reading room.

#### 食房

    Chiáh-pâng
       A dining room.

#### 臥房

    Út-pâng
       A bed room. ​

#### 洗浴房

    Sói-ék-pàng or

#### 洗浴棚

    Sói-ék-pêⁿ
       A bath-room.

#### 貯貨房

    Tun-hùe-pâng
       A store-room.

#### 走馬樓

    Tsáu-bé-lâu
       Verandah, up-stairs.

#### 窓

    Theng
       A window.

#### 玻璃

    Po-lî
       Glass.

#### 鱟伯策

    Hāu-peh-chheh
       Venetians.

#### 樓梯

    Lâu-thui
       A stair-case.

#### 火爐

    Húe-lôu
       A grate.

#### 煙筒

    In-tâng
       A chimney.

#### 伙食房

    Húe-sít-pâng
       Kitchen.

#### 門有關或無

    Mn̂g ũ kueⁿ a-bô?
       Did you shut the door?

#### 有。閉了我鎖定

    Ũ, kueⁿ-lióu uá só--tiāⁿ
       Yes, after shutting I locked it.

#### 鎖匙在何處

    Só-sî tõ tî-kò?
       Where is the key?

#### 鎖匙在此處

    Só-sî tõ--chié?
       Here's the key.

#### 爾個房個門有鎖否

    Lṳ́ kâi pâng kâi mn̂g ũ só mē?
       Did you lock the door of your room?

#### 我個房何用鎖

    Uá kâi pâng tsò-ēng só
       Why? my room needn't be locked.

#### 廳有人客或無

    Thiaⁿ ũ nâng-kheh a-bô?
       Are there any guests in the drawing room?

#### 四指呾無

    Sì-tsóiⁿ tàⁿ-bô
       The boy says "no". ​

#### 我個臥房爾有掃或未

    Uá-kâi út-pâng lṳ́ ũ sàu a-būe?
       Have you swept my bed-room?

#### 有。樓頂俱皆掃清潔

    Ũ, lâu-téng lóng-tsóng sàu chheng-khih
       Yes, I have swept the whole of up-stairs clean.

#### 有洗或無

    Ũ sói a-bô?
       Did you wash it?

#### 無。樓頂還了是清潔

    Bô, lâu-téng huân-lióu sĩ chheng-khih
       No, up-stairs is still clean.

#### 洗浴房有水或無

    Sói-ék-pâng ũ tsúi a-bô?
       Is there any water in the bath-room?

#### 無。我來去擔

    Bô, uá lâi khṳ̀ taⁿ
       No, I will go and carry some.

#### 速速去我要洗浴

    Méⁿ-méⁿ khṳ̀, uá àiⁿ sói-ék
       Go quickly, I am going to bathe.

#### 此携去藏房貯貨房

    Chiá khiéh khṳ̀ khǹg pàng tî-kò?
       Where shall I keep this?

#### 窓閉玻璃免用閉

    Theng kueⁿ, po-lî mín-ēng kueⁿ
       Shut the window, you needn't shut the glass.

#### 若是有雨鱟伯策就着閉

    Naⁿ-sĩ ũ hõu hāu-peh-chheh chiũ tiéh-kueⁿ
       If there is rain, then shut the venetians.

#### 要落樓梯勿𰛄𰛅呌

    Àiⁿ-lóh lâu-thui màiⁿ pĩn-põng-kiè
       If you are coming down the stair-case, don't make a trampling noise.

#### 火爐起火

    Húe-lôu khí-húe
       Make a fire in the grate.

#### 爾去伙食房呌火頭來

    Lṳ́ khṳ̀ húe-sít-pâng kiè húe-thâu lâi
       You go to the kitchen, and tell the cook to come. ​

### section III.
#### 餉關

    Hiàng-kuan
       A custom-house.

#### 批館

    Phoi-kuán

#### 信關

    Sìn-kuan
       A post-office.

#### 炮臺

    Phàu-thâi
       A fort.

#### 塔

    Thah
       A pagoda.

#### 城

    Siâⁿ
       A city.

#### 埔

    Pou
       A town.

#### 鄕里

    Hieⁿ-lí
       A village.

#### 市

    Chhĩ
       A market.

#### 行

    Hâng
       A hong.

#### 舖

    Phòu
       A shop.

#### 演

    În
       Story, of a house.

#### 間

    Koiⁿ
       A classifier of a house.

#### 此張信携去餉關

    Chí-tieⁿ sìn khiéh khṳ̀ hiàng-kuan
       Take this letter to the custom-house.

#### 此三張携去信關

    Chí saⁿ-tieⁿ khiéh khṳ̀ sìn-kuan
       These three, take them to the post-office.

#### 信關在何處

    Sìn-kuan tõ tî-kò?
       Where is the post-office? ​

#### 爾不識携信去信關

    Lṳ́ m̄-pat khiéh sìn khṳ̀ sin-kuan?
       Have you never taken letters to the post-office?

#### 不識

    M̄-pat
       I never have.

#### 信關在角石

    Sìn-kuan tõ Kak-chiéh
       The post-office is at Kak-chieh.

#### 爾知炮臺在何處

    Lṳ́ tsai phàu-thâi tõ tî-kò?
       You know where the fort is?

#### 不知。我早不識來此汕頭

    M̄ tsai, uá tsá m̄-pat lâi chí Suaⁿ-thâu
       I don't know, I have never been at Swatow before.

#### 我此個地方不熟

    Uá chí-kâi tī-hng m̄-sék
       I am not familiar with this place.

#### 爾貴處

    Lṳ́ tî-kò húe?
       Where do you belong to?

#### 我菴埠處

    Uá Am-pou húe
       I belong to Am-pou.

#### 爾嘗識去府城否

    Lṳ́ khah-pat khṳ̀ Hú-siâⁿ mē?
       Have you ever been to Ch'ao-chow-fu?

#### 識也。我有去四五次

    Pat a, uá ũ khṳ̀ sì-ngõu tsūa
       Oh yes, I have been there four or five times.

#### 城是大在

    The city is very large.

#### 有個街大汕頭個街多也

    Ũ-kâi koi tūa Suaⁿ-thâu kâi koi tsōi a
       Some streets are much larger than the streets in Swatow.

#### 阮個鄕里莊隴

    Ún kâi hieⁿ-lí Tsng-léng
       Our village is Tsng-leng.

#### 離菴埠無若遠

    Lî Am-pou bô-jiéh-hñg
       Not very far from Am-pou.

#### 恁個鄕里有塔或無

    Nín kâi hieⁿ-lí ũ thah a-bô?
       Is there any pagoda in your village?

#### 阮個鄕里無

    Ún kâi hieⁿ-lí bô
       None in our village.

#### 汕頭埠有市或無

    Suaⁿ-thâu-pou ũ chhĩ a-bô?
       Is there any market in the town of Swatow? ​

#### 各個埠頭都有市

    Kâi-kâi pou-thâu tou ũ chhĩ
       There is a market in every town.

#### 香港有大行

    Hiang-káng ũ tūa-hâng
       There are large hongs in Hong Kong.

#### 在彼個舖高大

    Tõ-hié kâi phòu kûiⁿ-tūa
       The shops there are high and large.

#### 有個舖三四演高

    Ũ-kâi phòu saⁿ-sì în kûiⁿ
       Some shops there are three or four stories high.

#### 爾在彼有几間厝

    Lṳ́ tõ-hié ũ kúi-koiⁿ tshù?
       How many houses have you there?

#### 我在彼有壹間

    Uá tõ-hié ũ chék-koiⁿ
       I have one house there.

#### 每個月稅壹百個銀

    Chék-kâi guéh sùe chék-peh kâi ngṳ̂n
       It is let at $100 a month.
* ↑ An onomatopoetic word.