William Ashmore

“ Difference. hun-pie̍t, a difference. bô-sĩ-mih hun-pie̍t, there is no great difference. ũ-hun-pie̍t, there is a difference. koh-iēn, a different kind, or different. koh-iēn-chãi, very different. koh-iēn koh-iēn, decidedly different. tōa-koh-iēn, a great difference. koh-iēn se-su; koh-iēn lân-ló, a little different. koh-iēn koh-sièn, different manner and style. i tàn-ūe koh-iēn, he speaks differently. i chò-sṳ̄ koh-iēn, he does things differently. i só-kṳ́-tõng koh-iēn, that which he does is different (from others) . m̄-sie-tâng, not the same,—tōa m̄-sie-tâng, greatly diverse. ”

“ Sentences illustrating the use of Adjectives. i hûan-ló-chãi, he is very sorry. chí-kâi-san bô-mih chheng-khih, this jacket is not at all clean. chhù-lāi kng-kng, inside the house it is well lighted. thin-sî mông-mông, the weather is very hazy. i chò-sṳ̄ tham-thû, he does things in a dilatory way. i nâng nńg-jia̍k, the man is feeble. a-nôun-kián iùn-iùn, the child is very young. i lãu-tōa khang-kiẽn-chãi, the old gentleman is very vigorous. chí-tiâu-lōu ti̍t-ti̍t, this road is quite straight. chí-tiâu-lōu oh-kiân-chãi, this road is very hard to travel. ”