Verbal nouns are often formed by the addition of \{ deu}/ (頭) or \{ fah}/ (法) after the verb. Thus \{ tsoo°-deu}/ (做頭) or \{ tsoo°-fah}/ (做法) means the manner of doing a thing.
To move, to excite, \°doong/ 動. To hear, \thing/ (聽). Heard, \thing-kyien°/ 聽見 To knock, to strike, \khau/ 敲. To finish, \wen/ 完.
\Kan/ (間) is the classifier used with rooms.
A room, \ih kan/ 一間. A bed room, \ih kan vaung-kan/ 一間房間. A guest room, \ih kan khak-daung-kan/ 一間客堂間. An office, \ih kan °sia-z°-kan/ 一間寫字間. A shroff’s room, \ih kan tsang°-vaung-kan/ 一間帳房間. A study, \ih kan su-vaung/ 一間書房. A dining room, \ih kan chuh-van°-kan/ 一間吃飯間. A kitchen, \ih kan sau-van°-kan/ 一間燒飯間 or \dzu-vaung/ 廚房 or \tsau°-kan/ 灶間. All, \°loong-°tsoong/ 攏總 or \koong°-°tsoong/ 共總. All in general, most, \da-ke/ 大槪. Few, \°sau/ 少. Each, \°me/ 每. Every, \kauh/ 各. Other, \bih/ 別. High, \kau/ 高. Low, \ti/ 低. Broad, \khweh/ 闊. Narrow, \‘ah/ 狹. Deep, \sung/ 深. Shallow, \°tshien/ 淺 Too (denoting excess), \thuh/ 忒. Above, \°zaung-deu/ 上頭. Below, \°‘au-deu/ 下頭, \°‘au-°ti-deu/ 下底]頭, \°‘au-°ti/ 下底. Under, beneath, \°ti-°‘au/ 底下. Outside, \nga°-deu/ 外頭. After, \°‘eu/ 後. Behind, \°‘eu-°ti/ 後底, \°‘eu-°ti-deu/, 後底頭 \°‘eu-deu/ 後頭. Before, \zien/ 前, \zien-deu/ 前頭. Earth, \di°/ 地 or \di°-jeu/ 地球.
(1) °Zaung-deu °yeu thien, °‘au-deu °yeu di°. (2) °Yeu too-hau° z° °ngoo °sia-’veh-le. (3) Noong° we°-sa°-°lau °tseu le man°-le-°si? Iung-we° °ngoo °tseu ’veh-°doong °lau. (4) Tsoong-kok wo° zak-zen nyung wo° le kwha° meh, °ngoo thing-’veh-tsheh. (5) °Yeu-kuh su °ngoo dok ’veh le. (6) Di°-zak vaung-°ts °kyi-hau° kau, °kyi-hau° kwheh? (7) Di°-zak vaung-°ts °yeu °kyi kan? (8) °Yeu ih kan khak-daung, ih kan °sia-z°-kan, ih kan chuh-van°-kan, °lau s° kan vaung-kan. (9) Di°-kuh meh-z° °yeu sa° yoong°-deu va? ’M-sa° yoong°-deu. (10) Sa° nyung la° khau mung? °Ngoo ’veh zung thing-kyien° °yeu sa° nyung la° khau mung. (11) Di° diau loo° thuh ‘ah, °ting °hau noong° °tseu la° zien-deu, °ngoo °tseu la° °‘eu-deu. (12) °Tshing khak-nyung khak-daung °li °zoo. (13) Dzoong °Zaung-°he tau° °tsh di° °yeu °kyi-hau° loo°? (14) Vaung-°ts nga°-deu °z °lang °tien, vaung-°ts °li-hyang° °z nyih °tien. (15) Di°-diau ‘oo °yeu-kuh di°-faung °z sung °tien, °yeu-kuh di°-faung °z °tshien °tien. (16) Noong° na°-nung °hyau-tuh di° tsaung z°-thi? Iung-we° °ngoo thing-tuh °yeu nyung wo° °lau. (17) Ze-voong tsoo° le ’veh °hau, °loong-°tsoong kuh i-zaung thuh doo°. (18) Kauh nyung °yeu kauh nyung kuh z°-°thi.