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EXERCISE IV.

急 gék

urgent, hurried

奇特 gì-dĕk

strange

自來火 cê̤ṳ-lài-huōi

matches

肉 nṳ̆k

meat

麵粉 miêng-hūng

flour

凌辱 lìng-ṳ̆k

insult, disgrace

〓 tá̤

drawer

棉花 mièng-huă

cotton wool

耳仔 ngê-giāng

ear

痛 tiáng

ache

⿰貝康 kaúng

put in (drawer)

謙虛 kiĕng-hṳ̆

humble

Translate into English:—

1. Ĭ có̤ sié-nó̤h?
2. Nâ ô siŏh-ôi Géu-Cīo, cêu-sê Ià-Sŭ.
3. Ĭ lâng-ciáh nè̤ng ô niŏh-uâi cièng?
4. Chiāng Sĭng-săng că cê-diēng káng.
5. Hiā siŏng siŏh ciáh mâ̤ niŏh-uâi cièng?
6. Nṳ̄ că sié-nó̤h cê?
7. Ĭ ô gūi-buōng Séng-Gĭng? O Săng sé buōng.
8. Ĭ có̤ sié-nó̤h sĕng-é? Ĭ mâ̤ iē dó̤h.
9. Nṳ̄ muóng diê-nè̤ng gì dâi?
10. Cuòi sê gì-dĕk gì dâi; nè̤ng-gă káng Lī Sĭng-săng sê mâ̤ kuóng-sié-ùng. Ciáng-sê, ĭ sê mâ̤ cṳ̆ gĭ nè̤ng.
11. Nè̤ng-gă ngê-giāng tiăng.
12. Có̤-diò ô m̄ā̤ cê̤u-lài huōi, miêng-bău, lièng miêng-hūng. Nè̤ng-gă nâ ó̤i mā̤ dà-niŏh.
13. Cī siŏh-tàu lè̤ mâ̤ niŏh-uâi cièng? Ng sê mâ̤ gì.
14. Bĭng ô lĕ̤k-chiĕng lìng miàng.
15. Chiāng tĕ̤k sĕk-chék ciŏng, nê-sĕk-ék ciék.

Translate into Chinese:—

1. What does he want? He wants to look at these books.
2. He only wants two pencils.
3. 3,070 children. 47,309 lumps of stone. 760 ounces of tea.
4. Jesus acts as our Savior.
5. I want to buy bread and meat
6. The Lord Jesus is the Son of God.
7. He travels by boat. I ride in a chair.
8. The business is urgent.
9. How much is this cotton wool? I want to buy an ounce.
10. Where does this man come from?
11. Please sing the two hundred and forty-fourth hymn.
12. I want to buy six or seven horses.
13. Where are those ninety odd cash? 4005 men. 56,387 books. 280 pieces of silk.
14. I have three donkeys and four horses for sale.