(Translate into English)
(1) °Ngoo iau° ‘auh wo° tsoong-kok wo°.
(2) °Ngoo iau° ‘auh dok tsoong-kok su.
(3) Noong° iau° dok su va°?
(4) I-tsak siang-°ts tan-chi° meh?
(5) Kyau° yi chi° meh tse.
(6) I-kuh °mo-foo iau° °ma san tsak °mo.
(7) °Ngoo peh yi °ng kwhe° yang-dien kyau° yi chi° °ma ih tsak yang.
(8) °Ngoo °i-kyung wo° koo° tse.
(9) °Zaung-°he tau° koo° hyih meh?
(10) Tau° koo° hyih tse.
(11) °Ngoo-kuh i-zaung ze-voong tsoo° °hau meh?
(12) Yi leh-la° tsoo°.
(13) Noong° chuh-°hau-°ts van° iau° tsoo° sa°?
(14) Chuh-°hau-°ts van° iau° dok su.
(15) °Ngoo iau° chi° °ma ih saung sing kuh ‘a-°ts.
(16) Van° sau °hau meh?
(17) Sau °hau tse.
(18) °Lau sien-sang kyau° si°-tse° chi° °ma sang-li.
(19) Kyau° yi le tsoo° meh tse.
(20) Di°-kuh tsoo° koo° hyih meh? Tsoo° koo° hyih tse.
(一) 我要學話中國話.
(二) 我要學讀中國書.
(三) 儂要讀書否?
(四) 伊隻箱子擔去末?
(五) 叫伊去末哉.
(六) 伊個馬夫要買三隻馬.
(七) 我撥伊五塊洋錢叫伊去買一隻羊.
(八) 我已經話過哉.
(九) 上海到過歇末?
(十) 到過歇哉.
(十一) 我個衣裳裁縫做好末?
(十二) 伊拉拉做.
(十三) 儂吃好之飯要做啥?
(十四) 吃好之飯要讀書.
(十五) 我耍去買一雙新個鞋子.
(十六) 飯燒好末?
(十七) 燒好哉.
(十八) 老先生叫細崽去買生梨.
(十九) 叫伊來做末哉.
(二十) 第個做過歇末? 做過歇哉.
(Translate into Chinese)
(1) I have already read this book.
(2) Do you want to buy a dog?
(3) When I arrive at Shanghai, I wish to buy an umbrella.
(4) Has my friend come?
(5) I gave him four dollars and told him to buy a table.
(6) The teacher is eating his dinner.
(7) I have already given him ten dollars.
(8) Come along.
(9) When the teacher has come, call me.
(10) Have you ever eaten Chinese peaches?
(11) I have eaten them.
(12) Those pupils are studying Chinese.
(13) The foreign teacher is learning to speak Chinese.
(一) 第本書我已輕讀過哉.
(二) 一隻狗要買否?
(三) 到之上海我要買把洋傘.
(四) 我個朋友來末?
(五) 我撥伊四塊洋錢叫伊去買一隻擡子.
(六) 先生垃拉吃飯.
(七) 我已經撥伊十塊洋錢.
(八) 來末哉.
(九) 先生來之末來叫我.
(十) 中國桃子儂吃過歇末?
(十一) 吃過歇哉.
(十二) 伊個學生子拉拉讀中國書.
(十三) 外國先生拉拉學中國話.
Notes.
(1) China is known by many different names. The most common is
{Tsoong-kok} (中國). We also have {Da° tshing kok} (大淸國), “the
great pure kingdom,” {Tsoong-wo} (中華), “the middle civilized
kingdom,” and {Zeh pah °sang} (十八省) “the eighteen provinces”
(used of China Proper, without its dependencies). A modern
name is {Ts-na} (支那). It represents the sound of China, and
was much used by the reform party. The name adopted for The
Republic of China is {Tsoong-wo ming kok} (中國民國) “The
middle civilized people’s kingdom.”
(2) In the ninth sentence of the first exercise the force of the
{Tau°} (到) is visiting the place for the first time.
(3) In the twentieth sentence of the first exercise the meaning is,
“Have you ever done this before?”
(4) In the ninth sentence of the second exercise, you use the past
participle, {le-°ts} (來之). After it {meh} (末) is often used for
euphony, thus the sentence would be {Sien-sang le-ts meh, le
kyau° °ngoo} (先生來之末來叫我).
(5) In the twelfth sentence of the second exercise {su} (書) is
added after {tsoong-kok} (中國). The meaning is “The pupils are
studying Chinese books.”
(6) In the thirteenth sentence of the second exercise, the foreign
teacher would be {nga°-kok sien sang} (外國先生). {Nga°-kok} is
used as an adjective.