Obs. ii. The impersonal pronoun in English { it}, is not expressed, as 落雨者 loh ’{ ú} ’tsé, { it is raining}.
Obs. iii. In mandarin 我, 你, 他, ’ngó, ’ní, t’á, { I, thou, he}, all form their plural by taking 們 mun, as a suffix.
Obs. iv. Sometimes 我 ’ngú, may stand for the third person { he}, This occurs, when two persons in relation to each other are the subject of conversation. The nominative is then considered as { I}, and the third person, { he}. Thus, 兄弟曉得呵哥勿喜歡我, h’iúng dí‘ ’hiau tuh á kú veh ’h’í hwé{ n} ’ngú, { the younger brother knows that the elder is displeased with him}. This is not the case when no confusion of persons is likely to happen; e.g. 眼睛𥆝之伊個男人 ’nga{ n} tsing sú tsz í kú‘ né{ n} niun, { she looked on her husband}.
193. The idea of self is expressed by 自家 zz‘ ká, for all persons, generally preceded by the appropriate pronoun.
伊自家話 í zz‘ ká { w}o‘, { he himself said}. 儂自家要去個 nóng‘ zz‘ ká yau‘ k’í‘ kú‘, { you must go yourself}.
Obs. i. In mandarin 自己 tsz‘ ’ki; Fúh-kien, 家己 ká ’kí.
Obs. ii. The pronoun 自 zz‘, { self}, though not used out of combination, occurs in several fixed phrases. 自殺自 zz‘ sah zz‘, { to kill one’s-self}; 自害自 zz‘ { h}é‘ zz‘, { to injure one’s-self}, These concise forms are more agreeable and impressive to the native ear, than the equivalent long forms 自家殺脫自家 zz‘ ká sah t’eh zz‘ ká; 自家害脫自家 zz‘ ká { h}é‘ t’eh zz‘ ká.
{ Demonstratives}, 194. The demonstrative pronouns are 第個 { t}í‘ kú‘, { this}, and 個個 kú‘ kú‘ or 伊個 í kú‘, { that}.
第个事體 { t}í‘ ku‘ zz‘ ’t’í, { this matter}. 故个物事 kú‘ kú‘ meh zz‘ { that thing}. 伊个小囝 í kú‘ ’siau nö{ n}, { that boy}. 伊歇辰光 í h’ih zun kwong, at that time.
Obs. i. When these words combine with any of the auxiliary substantives to form demonstrative adverbs, the particle 個 kú‘ is omitted.
第頭好包 { t}í‘ deu ’hau pau‘, { here it is good walking}. 故搭去住 kú‘ tah k’í‘ dzû‘, { go and live there}. 伊塊人少 í k’wé‘ niun ’sau, { the people there are few}.
Obs. ii. Some of the mandarin demonstratives 那此彼 ’ná, t’sz, pé, { that}, { this}, { that}, though not belonging to our dialect in their monosyllabic form are found in some combinations. 那裏 ’{ á} ’lí, { where?} 此地 ’t’sz dí‘, { here}; 彼此 pé ’t’sz, { that and this}. Facts of this sort illustrate the necessity for distinguishing between words of one or more syllables, and between roots in apposition, as separable and inseparable.