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ᠵᠠᡳ ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ ᡳ ᠣᠶᠣᠩᡤᠣ ᠵᠣᡵᡳᠨ ᡳ ᠪᡳᡨᡥᡝ ᡨᡝᡳᠯᡝ ᠰᡠᠸᡝᠨᡩᡝ ᡤᡳᠩᡤᡠᠯᡝᡵᡝ	ᡥᡝᡵᡤᡝᠨ ᡨᠠᠴᡳᠪᡠᠮᠪᡳᠣ ᠠᡴᡡᠨ ᡨᡝ ᡳᠨᡝᠩᡤᡳ ᡧᡠᠨ ᡶᠣᡥᠣᠯᠣᠨ ᡥᡝᡵᡤᡝᠨ ᠠᡵᠠᡵᠠ	ᡧᠣᠯᠣ ᠠᡴᡡ ᡝᡵᡝᠴᡳ ᡳᠨᡝᠩᡤᡳ ᡧᡠᠨ ᠰᠠᠨᡳᠶᠠᡥᠠ ᠮᠠᠩᡤᡳ ᡥᡝᡵᡤᡝᠨ ᠠᡵᠠᠪᡠᠮᠪᡳ ᠰᡝᡵᡝ	ᠠᠩᡤᠠᠯᠠ ᡥᠣᠨᠣ ᡠᠪᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠮᠪᡠ ᠰᡝᠮᠪᡳᡴᠠᡳ ᠠᡤᡝ ᠪᡳ ᠪᡳᡨᡥᡝ ᡥᡡᠯᠠᡵᠠ ᠵᠠᠯᡳᠨ

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and the “Important explanation of Manchu speech.”^[1]

Senior. Are they teaching you to write Manchu round hand yet?

Junior. The days are too short at present to leave any time for writing; but presently, when they begin to lengthen, we shall be taught to write and translate, too.

Senior. Well, sir, I have been wanting to study Manchu myself

jai

secondly

manchu

Manchu

gisun

word, speech

i

genitive affix

oyonggo

important

jorin

aim, explanation

i

genitive affix

bithe

book

teile

only

suwende

dat. of suwe you

ginggulere

Fut. Part. (5) to ginggulembi to honour; here with hergen the 楷書 ch‘ieh-shu an elegant style of writing [楷書 ch'ieh-shu must be a mistake for 楷書 kǎishū]

hergen

letter, writing

tacibumbio

to teach, with interrogative o

akūn

or not?

te

now

inenggi day	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	day
šun sun

foholon

short

hergen

letter

arara

Fut. Part. (5) of arambi to write

šolo

leisure

akū

not is

ereci

this, with postpos. ci from, hereafter

inenggi day	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	day
šun sun

saniyaha

Pret. (4) of saniyambi to extend

manggi

as soon as

hergen

letter

arabumbi

Pass. of arambi to write; to cause to write

sere

Fut. (5) of sembi to say

anggala

not only

hono

also

ubaliyambu

Imp. (1) of ubaliyambumbi to translate

sembikai

to say, with kai final particle

age

elder brother, sir

bi

I

bithe

book

hūlara

Fut. Part. (5) of hūlambi to read

jalin

because of

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1. See Essay on Manchu Literature, page 10. [清話指要 qīng huà zhǐyào]