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CHINESE WITHOUT A TEACHER.
| Ask the compradore to come | 請買辦來 | Ch‘ing mi-pahn li. |
| Who are you? | 你是甚麼人 | Nee shirt shummo ren? |
| What are you doing? | 你做甚麼 | Nee dzaw shummo? |
| I keep the accounts | 我算賬 | Waw sooahn jahng. |
| How many hands do you employ in the hong? | 行裏用多少人 | Hahng-lee yoong taw show ren? |
| Fifty men are too many | 五十人太多 | Woo-shirt ren t‘i taw. |
| The business is not large | 買賣不大 | Mi-mi poo tah. |
| Hire ten more men | 再僱十個人 | Dzi koo shirtka ren. |
| A steamer has come | 輪船來咯 | Loon ch‘wahn li-la |
| Has it come up to the jetty? | 到了碼頭沒有 | Towla maht‘o mayo? |
| What steamer is it? | 是甚麼輪船 | Shirt shummo loon ch‘wahn? |
| What cargo is there on board? | 船上裝甚麼貨 | Ch‘wahn-shahng jwong shummo hwaw? |
