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ᠠᡤᡝ ᠰᡳᠨᡳ ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ᠈ ᠠᡳ ᡧᠣᠯᠣ ᡩᡝ ᡨᠠᠴᡳᡥᠠ᠈ ᠮᡠᡩᠠᠨ ᡤᠠᡳᡵᡝᠩᡤᡝ ᠰᠠᡳᠨ ᠪᡳᠮᡝ ᡨᠣᠮᠣᡵᡥᠣᠨ᠈ ᠮᡳᠨᡳ ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ ᠪᡝ ᠠᡳ ᡩᠠᠪᡠᡶᡳ ᡤᡳᠰᡠᡵᡝᡵᡝ ᠪᠠᠪᡳ᠈ ᠠᡤᡝ ᡤᠣᠰᡳᠮᡝ ᠣᡶ᠋‍ᡳ ᡠᡨᡨᡠ ᡩᠠᠪᠠᠯᡳ ᠮᠠᡴᡨᠠᡵᠪᡳ᠈ ᠮᡳᠨᡳ ᡝᠮᡠ ᡤᡠᠴᡠ ‍ᡳ ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ ᠰᠠᡳᠨ᠈

II. Senior. Why, when did you find, time to learn all the Manchu you know sir? Your pronunciation is good and you speak quite intelligibly.

Junior. Oh, sir, you are too complimentary. My Manchu does not amount to anything. There’s a friend of mine who really does talk well;

age
elder brother, sir
sini
thy
manju
Manchu
gisun
word, speech
ai
what?
šolo
leisure
de
in
taciha
Pret. (4) of tacimbi to learn
mudan
pronunciation
gairengge
Verbal Noun (21) of gaimbi to take, to obtain
sain
good
bime
Ger. (3) of bimbi to be
tomorhon
clear
mini
my
manju
Manchu
gisun
word, speech
be
accusative affix
ai
what?
dabufi
Past. Ger. (8) of dabumbi to count
gisurere
Fut. Part. of gisurembi to speak
babi
from ba place and bi it is
age
elder brother, sir
gosime
Ger. (3) of gosimbi to love
ofi
Past Gerund (8) of ombi to be
uttu
thus
dabali
excessively
maktara
Fut. (5) of maktambi to praise
mini
my
emu
one
gucu
friend
i
genitive affix
manju
Manchu
gisun
word, speech
sain
good