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báh nê-sêk sé ciáh siŏng. Hŏk-sĕng ô niŏh-uâi? Săng-báh nê-sĕk lĕ̤k ciáh.

1. Ô ngô-ciáh nè̤ng-káh lì. Miêng-bău gáu ng gáu?
2. Nè̤ng-gă gó dĭh gūi-cī.
3. Hŏk-sĕng bà̤-bà̤ giàng â̤ sāi dék.
4. Sáu-chīu ciŏng-gì mò̤ diŏh làu-â?

Translate into Chinese:—

1. How many more people have brought money?
2. Will he do that?
3. One box is not enough.
4. Why will they not go?
5. Mr. Uong is my guest. Where has he gone? He has gone upstairs.
6. Is his boy in our college? No, he is not.
7. Those boys are inattentive.
8. Is not this your son? No, he is the son of my friend. Why is he here? He has come to buy a hymn book.
9. May I make the box this way? Yes.
10. Why does he not go to college? He has no money.
11. Over twenty boys were absent.
12. Please dust upstairs.
13. There are three pastors downstairs. They want to buy books.
14. What books do they want? They want Bibles and Hymn books.

LESSON VI

真 cĭng

true

假 gā

false

得 dáik

to obtain

的 dék

sign of potential mood

齋 că̤

a school

至 gáu

to arrive

紅 è̤ng

red

長 dòng

long

短 dōi

short

長 diōng

to grow, elder

新 sĭng

new

舊 gô

old

上 siông

above

寫字 siā-cê

to write

中國 Dṳ̆ng-gúok

China

外國 nguôi-guók

foreign countries

看見 káng-giéng

seen

外斗 ngiê-dāu

outside

裏勢 diē-sié

inside

祈禱 gì-dō̤

to pray

菩薩 bù-sák

idols

平正 bàng-ciáng

bad

講話 gōng-ûa

to speak

食飯 siăh buông

to eat (rice)