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lŏ̤h dó̤-che̤ṳ́ diòng-dô̤.

1. Ciā sā̤-sĭng-kuòng â̤ lâu, nṳ̄ dék-diŏh sék kó̤.
2. Nṳ̄ dék-diŏh ŏ̤h tiăng-chói.
3. Nṳ̄ gì ĭ-siòng cêng lă-că, diŏh dò̤ cī siŏh-dó̤i ì-cô̤ kó̤ sā̤.
4. Niê-giāng chiòng lā̤ buăk lŏ̤h-lì; ĭ gì ĭ-siòng dŭ lă-că kó̤; dâ-ék-hō̤ gâe̤ng ĭ sĭng sā̤ siŏh-ciáh.
5. Ciā siŏng cêng cóng, sié-nó̤h gá-cièng nì?
6. Cī siŏh-găng bùng cêng kó̤ lă-că, ŭng-dìng cêng sâ̤, iâ ô tĭ-tṳ̆-măng cêng gâu. Nṳ̄ dék-diŏh saú táh-gáik.
7. Niê-giāng dè̤ng cièng tŏng diē siŏh ciáh.
8. Să-hô mò lāng dô̤, ciā chiòng săng-nīk ceû â̤ kī hō̤.
9. Siā cê nṳ̄ gì bék diŏh niĕng dò̤-dê̤ṳ-chiū. Saī dò̤-uāng-chiū ô duâi dâng.
10. Nṳ̄ ciŏng-gì sì-siòng mâ̤ gé-dék guŏng kāng-muòng?
11. Nè̤ng-gă cêng huăng-hī káng nè̤ng-káh lì, nâ có̤ diò lì gōng, “Dŭ mò̤-nó̤h siăh”, nù mâ̤ hieū-dék ciŏng-iông có̤.

Translate into Chinese:—

1. Which do you like?
2. Jesus gave up His life for us that we might obtain salvation.
3. His head was broken by a fall.
4. He has ability but he is lazy. He only likes to play in school.
5. Please buy me some straw shoes. My foreign shoes are broken.
6. Where does he live? I do not know.
7. Why are you crying? Because my mother is poorly and my father being blind we cannot make a living.
8. If you will forgive me this time, I will not offend you again.
9. In the house opposite there are many things made of gold and silver. The people there are wealthy.
10. Tie the parcel tightly lest the contents fall out and are lost.
11. I must not go out to play, because mother told me to mind the children.
12. The blind man has fallen down.
13. When you have shkaen the curtains fold them up and put them in the drawer.
14. Please help me to move this table.
15. Lay the table for six people.

LESSON XVI.

香 hiŏng

incense

圍 ùi

to surround, beseige

保 bō̤

to protect, guarantee,

權柄 guòng-báng

authority

內 nô̤i

within

留 làu

to detain