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He will need three days to make that box, 伊欲三日做一隻其箱 ĭ ó̤i săng nĭk có̤ siŏh-ciáh gì siŏng. It will not take three days, 伓駛三日 ng sāi săng nĭk.

7. To denote the instrument with which an action was done, the words 用 ê̤ṳng, 掏 dò̤, and 拈 niĕng are used. Write it with a Chinese pencil. 拈中國其筆寫 Niĕng Dṳ̆ng-gúok gì bék siā. Build it with stone, 掏石頭砌 dò̤ siŏh-tàu liē.

NOTE. Care must be taken to distinguish between the Chinese words meaning “old”, 佬 lâu is used for living things, and 舊 gô for inanimate objects:— That old man’s clothes are old. 那佬𠆧其衣裳是舊其 Hiā lâu nè̤ng gì ĭ-siòng sê gô-gì.

EXERCISE XII.

辛苦 sĭng-kū

tired

厭氣 iéng-ké

to reject

雞蛋糕 giĕ-laûng-gŏ̤

cake

看輕 káng-kĭng

to undervalue

解 gā̤

to unloose, unbind

濫 lâng

wet

源頭 nguòng-tàu

source

客調其乇 káh-dièu gì-nó̤h

toys

抱 bô̤

to nurse a child

血 haík

blood

筒 dè̤ng

a pipe

學問 hŏk-ông

learning

Translate into English;—

1. Cuòi mâ̤ hăk nù gì é-sé̤ṳ.
2. Gā sìng cêng sâ̤.
3. Ĭ gì nièng-gī cêng kĭng.
4. Gĭng-dáng dâung ṳ̄.
5. Ciŏng muòng tiāng kŭi.
6. Séng Ià-Sŭ gì nè̤ng ô sĕk-ciòng gì bìng-ăng.
7. Ciā uâ gōng cêng hō̤.
8. Ô dâung-ṳ̄ nâ nè̤ng-gă gì ĭ-siòng mò̤ sié-nóh lâng.
9. Cêng sâ̤ gĕ̤ng gì nguòng-tàu sê diŏh gèng săng lā̤.
10. Nṳ̄ ciŏng-gì káng-kĭng ĭ gì hŏk-ông nì?
11. Nòng-nā̤ diŏh bùng-diē, Gĭng-dáng dâi-gié cêng sâ̤.
12. Ng tĕ̤ng mâ-gé-dék nù.
13. Ng tĕ̤ng muóng hṳ̄ siŏh-ciáh lâu sĭng-săng gūi-