(Translate into English)
(1) °Ngoo-nyi° iung-ke tsoo°-kuh z°-°thi, °tau ’veh tsoo°.
(2) Thien °lang-°ts meh pih-ding° iau° sang °hoo.
(3) Ya°-deu iau° dok su meh, tsoong-iau° °tien tung.
(4) °Ngoo ’veh °hyau-tuh na°-nung tsoo°-deu, °ngoo-kuh bang-°yeu
°i-kyung °si-theh tse.
(5) Tan ih tsang °ts-deu le, °ngoo iau° °sia ih foong sing°.
(6) °Ngoo la° su-vaung °li zing °ngoo-kuh mau-°ts, soe-zen °tien-ts
lah-tsok °‘a zing-’veh-dzak kuh.
(7) °Ngoo iau° ‘auh dok tsoong-kok z° °ping °tshia iau° ‘auh °sia
tsoong-kok z°
(8) Soe-zen noong° wo° ’veh zung tan tsheh chi° zen-r °ngoo ’veh
°khung siang-sing°.
(9) Kwha°-tien chi° kyau° i-sung le, °khoong pho° yi iau° °si tse.
(10) Sien-sang leh-la° va°? Yi khan-khan leh-°li, yien-dze ’veh
°hyau-tuh °a-°li chi° tse.
(11) Zak-zen yi wan ’veh zung le,°ngoo °tung yi ’veh tuh.
(12) °Ngoo kyau° yoong°-nyung sah ih tsak kyi, la° chuh van° kuh
zung-kwaung iau° chuh kuh.
(13) Di°-tsak de-°ts mok-ziang° tsoo° le wan °hau.
(14) °Ngoo ’man kha°-weh thing-tuh noong° wo° °ngoo °yeu ih foong
sing° le, °khoong-pho° °z °ngoo-kuh bang-°yeu °sia le kuh.
(15) Nyung iau° sien tsoo° dzung-koong ih tsaung z°-°thi, nan-meh
°khau-°i tsoo° bih yang°.
(16) M-meh ih kuh nyung hwen-°hyi °si.
(一) 我伲應該做個事體倒勿做.
(二) 天冷之末必定要生火.
(三) 夜頭要讀書末總要點燈.
(四) 我勿曉得那能做頭我個朋友已經死脫哉.
(五) 担一張紙頭來我要寫一封信.
(六) 我拉書房裏尋我個帽子雖然點之臘燭也尋勿着個.
(七) 我要學讀中國字幷且要學寫中國字.
(八) 雖然儂話勿曾担出去然而我勿肯相信.
(九) 快點去叫醫生來恐怕伊要死哉.
(十) 先生垃拉否? 伊纔纔垃裏現在勿曉得那裏去哉.
(十一) 若然伊還勿曾來我等伊勿得.
(十二) 我叫用人殺一隻雞拉吃飯個辰光要吃個.
(十三) 第把檯子木匠做來還好.
(十四) 我蠻快活聽得儂話我有一封信來恐怕是我個朋友寫來個.
(十五) 人要先做成功一樁事體難末可以做別樣.
(十六) 嘸沒一個人歡喜死.
(Translate into Chinese)
(1) I told you a little while ago that I did not want you to open
the window; why do you not listen to me?
(2) Light the lamp and put it on the table in the study.
(3) If a guest comes, I want you to light the fire in the reception
room.
(4) Do not strike the dog; perhaps you will kill him.
(5) You must study diligently, and then you can learn to speak
Chinese.
(6) How many hours a day ought I to study? I think you should study
at least four hours a day: two in the morning and two is the
afternoon.
(7) If your letter has been written, I will send the servant to take
it.
(8) Early in the morning I want you to sweep the floor and wipe the
table and chairs.
(9) Although the carpenter works quickly, he cannot finish it in a
week.
(10) When you have finished this do not think there is nothing more
to do, but come and tell me.
(11) I did not tell you to take it away, but on the contrary told
you to put it in the office.
(12) If the doctor does not come immediately, this man cannot live.
(13) Who caused you to do it? He caused me to do it.
(一) 纔纔我叫儂勿要開窗儂爲啥勿聽說話?
(二) 要點燈拉書房裏擺拉檯子上.
(三) 客人來末拉客堂間裏要儂生火.
(四) 勿要打狗恐怕要打殺哉.
(五) 儂總要用心讀書難末可以學讀中國話.
(六) 一日我應該讀幾點鐘工夫? 我想頂少要讀四點鐘工夫拉上半日兩點鐘佬下半日兩點鐘.
(七) 信寫好之末我差用人担去個.
(八) 早晨頭要儂掃掃地揩揩檯子佬椅子.
(九) 木匠雖然做來快一禮拜工夫勿能做好.
(十) 第個做好之來告訴我勿要想無啥做.
(十一) 我勿曾叫儂帶出去倒叫儂放拉寫字間裏.
(十二) 醫生勿就來末第個人勿能彀活.
(十三) 啥人教儂做個? 伊教我做個.
Notes.
(1) Wan is sometimes used to qualify adjectives. Thus {Wan °hau}
(還好) means “fairly good” or “pretty good.”
(2) {Soe-zen} and {Zen-r} are generally used together; the first
introducing the first clause, and the second, the second clause.
(3) In the first sentence of the First Exercise notice the formation
of the verbal noun, “the things which we ought to do.”
(4) In the ninth sentence of the First Exercise notice that {kwha°
°tien} does not mean “faster,” but is used for “quickly.”
(5) In the eleventh sentence of the First Exercise {°Tung yi ’veh
tuh} means lit., “Wait him not get;” that is, “I cannot wait
for him.”
(6) In the fourteenth sentence of the First Exercise notice the use
of {le}. {Le} and {chi} are frequently used with other verbs to
make the direction of the action clear. Thus {°Sia le} is,
“Write come to me”; {°Sia chi°} is, “Write send away,” or “Write
go.”
(7) In the fifth sentence of the Second Exercise, Diligently can be
expressed by {Yoong° sing}, “Use heart or mind.”
(8) In this lesson frequent use has been made of the verb {°Si} (死).
In speaking of a person dying the more euphonious expression is
{Koo°-s°} (故世).