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爸是這麼說的

爸是這麼...

爸是這麼說的

baˋ shiˋ zheˋ me˙ shuo ˉ de˙

(That is, That was)

That is what dad said | That was what dad said

爸 baˋ ba˙

(Father)

Father

是 shiˋ

(Am, Are, Being, Is, To be, Was, Were, Yes)

Is, To be, Am/Are/Is/Was/Were, Being, Yes

這麼 zheˋ me˙

(This)

This

說的 shuoˉ de˙

(Said, Say)

Say, Said

爸

Father

Father

是

Am, Are, Being, Is, To be, Was, Were, Yes

Is, To be, Am/Are/Is/Was/Were, Being, Yes

這

Here, These, This, This One, Those

This, These, Those, Here, This One

麼

Interrogative, What, Why

What?, (Ma2), Why, What, (Ma5), Interrogative, (Mo2)

說

Delight, Explain, Influence, Narrate, Persuade, Please, Say, Scold, Speak, Talk, Tell, To narrate, To say

Say, To say, Say/Says/Saying/Said, To narrate, Narrate/Narrates/Narrating/Narrated, Speak/Speaks/Speaking/Spoke, Talk, Tell, Explain, Scold, (Shui4), Persuade, Influence, (Yue4), Delight, Please

的

Accurate, Clear, Distinct, Exact, Goal, Have, Proper, Target

Have, Has, At That, (Di4), Clear, Distinct, Target, Goal, (Di2), Accurate, Exact, Proper, (De5)

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