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THE HOUSEWIFE.
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These eggs are bad | 這個雞子兒不好 | Chayka cheedzer poo how. |
Buy a bottle of milk | 買一瓶奶子 | Mi yee p'ing ni-dza. |
Fry several pieces of bread | 𭳿幾塊麵包 | Juh chee k'wi me-enpow. |
Don't use pork-fat for frying them; use beef-fat | 不要拿豬油𭳿拿牛油𭳿 | Paw yow nahjoo-yo jah; nah new-yo jah. |
To-day I want hare soup | 今天要野貓湯 | Chint'e-enn yow yay-mow t'ahng. |
Tell the cook to make chicken broth | 呌廚子做雞湯 | Cheeow ch'oodza-dzo chee t'ahng. |
Is it ready? | 得咯沒有 | Tawla mayo? |
This cook is not a good one | 這個廚子不好 | Chayka ch'oodza poohow. |
The coolie is also very lazy | 苦力也狠懶惰 | K'oolee yay hun lahntaw. |
Where's the amah? | 老媽在那兒 | Low-mar dzinar! |
I want my hair done now | 現在要梳頭 | Shendzi yow shoo t'o. |
These clothes must be washed | 這個衣裳要洗一洗 | Chayka eeshahng yow shee-e-shee. |
Don't put any soda in the water | 水裏不要擱鹻 | Shooey-lee poo yow kaw je-enn. |