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CHINESE WITHOUT A TEACHER.
READ AND WRITING.
[Those who wish to make real progress should now engage a Teacher. Chinese cannot be self-taught.]
| Has the teacher come ? | 先生來了沒有 | She-enn-shung li-law mayo. |
| He has come | 來了 | Li-law. |
| Ask him to come | 請他過來 | Ch'ing t'ah kwo-li. |
| How - do - you - do, Sir? | 先生好啊 | She-enn-shung how-ah? |
| I want to read | 我要念書 | Waw yow ne-enn shoo. |
| What books do you want to read, Sir? | 閣下要念甚麼書 | Kaw-seeah yow ne-enn shummo shoo. |
| I want to read Chinese books. | 要念中國書 | Yow ne-enn Choong-kwo shoo. |
| What book is this? | 這是甚麼書 | Chay shirt shummo shoo? |
| This book is difficult to understand | 這個書難懂 | Chayka shoo nahn toong. |
| Shall we read the Trimetrical Classic? | 念三子經好不好 | Ne-enn Sahn dza Ching, how poo how? |
