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ᠮᡳᠨᡳ ᠪᠠᡳᡵᡝᠩᡤᡝ᠈ ᠠᡤᡝ ᡤᠣᠰᡳᠴᡳ᠈ ᡧᠠᡩᠠᠮᠪᡳ ᠰᡝᠮᡝ ᠠᡳᠨᠠᡵᠠ᠈ ᡧᠣᠯᠣ ᡧᠣᠯᠣ ᡩᡝ᠈ ᡠᡩᡠ ᠮᡝᠶᡝᠨ ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ ᠪᠠᠨᠵᡳᠪᡠᡶᡳ᠈ ᠮᡳᠨᡩᡝ ᡥᡡᠯᠠᠪᡠᡵᡝᠣ᠈ ᡩᡝᠣ ᠪᡳ ᠪᠠᡥᠠᡶᡳ ᡥᡡᠸᠠᡧᠠᠴᡳ᠈ ᡤᡝᠮᡠ ᠠᡤᡝ ‍ᡳ ᡴᡝᠰᡳ ᡴᠠᡳ᠈

Junior. What I have to ask, then, is this: that you will so far take an interest in me as to put yourself to a little trouble on my account; I will tell you how. Find time, if you can, to compose a few phrases in Manchu for me to study, and if I manage to succeed at all, I shall regard it entirely as your work.

mini
my
bairengge
Fut. Part. (21) of baimbi to request: that which I shall request
age
elder brother, sir
gosici
Cond. (6) of gosimbi to be kind to
šadambi
Present (2) to be (get) tired
seme
Inf. or Ger. (3) of sembi to say: saying
ainara
Fut. (5) of ainambi to do what?
šolo
leisure
šolo
leisure
de
in
udu
several, some
meyen
chapter
manju
Manchu
gisun
word, speech
banjibufi
Past Ger. (8) of banjibumbi to create, prepare: having prepared
minde
dat. for me
hūlabureo
Future (5) of causative of hūlambi to read, to study with o implying a request: please cause me to study
deo
younger brother
bi
I
bahafi
Past Ger. (8) of bahambi to obtain, to succeed
hūwašaci
Cond. (6) of hūwašambi to increase, to prosper
gemu
entirely
age
elder brother, sir
i
genitive affix
kesi
grace
kai
is (final particle).