A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect (汕頭方言音義字典) / le | 閩南語書寫

A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect (汕頭方言音義字典) / le

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  • A particle used to arrest the attention, and not usually needing to be translated.

  • i le to m̄ cai hó̤ khiah;

    as for him, he knows not good from evil.

  • cò̤ úa le cū àiⁿ;

    if it were I, I should want it.

  • côiⁿ le mih-mûeh to ŭ;

    formerly, everything was to be had.

  • jîak sĭ úa le, cĭu m̄ cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤;

    if it were I, indeed I would not do so.

  • kip kàu i tōa le cĭu hío kui-kṳ́;

    when he is larger he will without doubt know how to behave himself.

  • taⁿ le cĭn m̄ sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

    now-a-days, it is not so.

  • i tàⁿ hó̤ le;

    he says it is finished.

  • màiⁿ le;

    I do not want it.

  • A sham; pretence; false.

  • cò̤ khṳ̀ lĕ-ké;

    made showily and not substantially.

  • cí ciah chn̂g cò̤ lâi lĕ-ké, m̄ tōiⁿ, m̄ cin tieⁿ;

    this table is shabbily put together, it is neither strong nor well joined.

  • úa thiaⁿ tîeh lĕ-lĕ ké-ké, cò̤-nî cū cin-sît cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

    it sounds to me like a trumped up story, how is it that it can be true.