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horse is mine.

  1. Please, Mr. Li, ask your friend to sit down.
  2. This is my meaning, that is his meaning.
  3. Jesus is our Savior.
  4. What pencils are there?
  5. This is my friend's tea.
  6. Please, Pastor Li, read the Bible.
  7. The books and chairs are mind; the money and horses are his.
  8. Please, sir, sit on the chair.
  9. May I ask what this is? It is my inkslab.
  10. The ink is his, the pen is mine.


LESSON III.

siŏh, ék: one
lâng, nê: two
săng: three
se: four
ngô: five
lĕ̤k: six
chék: seven
báik: eight
gāu: nine
sĕk: ten
着冬那
diŏh dĕ̤ng-nē̤: where?
一隻錢
siŏh-ciáh cièng: one cash
一隻𠆧
siŏh-ciáh nè̤ng: one man
一本聖經
siŏh-buōng Séng Gĭng: a Bible
一件乇
siŏh-iông nó̤h: one thing
只一隻
cī siŏh-ciáh: this one
許一隻
hṳ̄ siŏh-ciáh: that one
一杯茶
siŏh-bŭoi dà: a cup of tea
一張椅
siŏh-tiŏng iē: a chair

ô: to have, there is, there are
káng: to se̤, lo̤k
tiăng: to hear
diê: who, which
guī: how many?
一百
siŏh-bah: one hundred
dò̤: to tkae in the hand
掏來
dò̤ lì: to bring
掏去
dò̤ kó̤: to take away
一把轎
siŏh-bā giêu: a sedan
ciā: this
hiā: that
diù: closet, cupboard
diù: silk cloth
mā: a yard
一主
siŏh-ciō: one family
箬壤
niŏh-uâi: how many
俤𠆧
diê-nè̤ng: who?
bŭoh: to tie up

The Numerary Adjunct or Classifier

One of the most important of all Chinese idioms is the use of a certain particle with each noun, in enumeration or description. This