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buôi.

  1. Có̤-diò diăh mī ng gáu.
  2. Ciā dĭng-mā lūng-cūng ó̤i kā-lák, mìng-dáng diŏh sāi-e̤ṳ̂ng lā̤-bái-dòng gì bō̤-hiēng. Nâ kā-lák ciā dò̤-guóng mò̤ sié-nó̤k gék.
  3. Nè̤ng-gă gì guō cī bī nṳ̄ gì guō cī gaíng sṳ̆k, mì-dŭk chăng gì ng-tĕ̤ng siăh.
  4. Gĭng-dáng bṳó-lièng diŏh táung kó̤ saúk, ī-hâiu cêu káung diù lā̤.
  5. Cī siŏh-siéng chiòng mâ̤ giĕng-gó.
  6. Ĭ lì cī-muāng dì, nè̤ng-gā diŏh kaíu ì gì cièng.
  7. Sô̤i sùng mò̤ sô̤i giêu hṳ̄-muāng ká̤.
  8. Hiā nó̤h cêng cóng, nè̤ng-gă ó̤i dái kó̤ keṳ́k né̤ng-gă gì nòng-nā̤ káng.
  9. Nṳ̄ diŏh saú ciā bùng-diē cêng táh-gáik. Chió-diē ô tĭ-tṳ̆-măng mò hō̤-káng.

Translate into Chinese:—

  1. Do not talk to him.
  2. The soul is more important than money.
  3. My little girl is playing with her doll.
  4. This table is very dear. It was $2.20.
  5. Tomorrow I am inviting six guests to come to supper.
  6. This pen is a little better than that, but neither are very good.
  7. Cook has gone on the street to buy rice–I wanted him to buy cloth but forgot to tell him.
  8. This cloth is better than that.
  9. He is mistaken. The round box is larger than this one.
  10. How many more pounds does he want to buy?
  11. We had better invite Mr. Le to supper.
  12. His pronunciation is not clear.
  13. He wants to use my money to buy a house.
  14. This wall is longer than that.


LESSON XII.

手 chiū
the hand
窄 cáh
narrow
佬 lâu
old, of persons
海 hāi
the sea
重 dâe̤ng
heavy
再 cái
again
歲 húoi
years of age
數 só
account
江 gĕ̤ng
river
輕 kĭng
light (weight), gently
管 guāng;
to govern
用 ê̤ṳng
to use
雨 ṳ̄
rain
雪 siók
snow
捵 tiāng
to push
砌 liē
to build with stone or brick