William Ashmore

“ Oh,—ō. ō, lṳ́ tàn chí--kù úa mêng-pe̍h, oh, when you say that, I understand. ō, úa mêng-pe̍h, oh, I understand. ō, sĩ àn-chièn-sen, ā, oh, the matter is like that, is it, O,—ō, ā, In-sek-lie̍t nâng, o, O, Israel. chèng-ūi hian-tĩ, ā, O, ye brethren all. Pshaw,—tshṳ́, chhiá lṳ-lṳ-lṳ, tshṳ́, chièn-sen kâi-ūe, pshaw, on such words as that. tshṳ́, chièn-sen kâi-nâng, bô-tõ-lí-chãi, nonsense, on such a man, he is utterly wanting in reason. ”

“ Begone—khṳ̀--nō. (im ũ-tn̂g-tó, iā-ũ-khin ũ-tãng, the tone may be long or short, or it may be light or heavy.—tó--kâi chiàn-khin, ũ-un-jiû kâi-ì, when short and light it has a mild meaning. tn̂g--kâi chiàn-tãng ũ-sen-khì kâi-ì, when the tone is long and heavy it denotes anger) . ”