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CHINESE WITHOUT A TEACHER.
Have you had chow-chow? | 吃了飯沒有 | Ch‘irpla-fahn mayo? |
This telescope is mine | 這個千里眼是我的 | Chayka ch‘e-en-leeyenn shirt wawty. |
This is a thermometer | 這個是寒暑表 | Chayka shirt ha-hushoo-peeow. |
I want to get this line out | 這個繩子要拋開 | Chayka shung dza yow p‘ow-k‘i. |
Don't let go the anchor | 不要下錨 | Poo yow seeah mow. |
Make fast! | 繞住 | Row choo! |
Let go! | 鬆 or 鬆手 | Soong or soong sho! |
These bends are not easy to go round | 這個河灣不好轉 | Chayka haw-wahn poo how chooahn. |
There's a junk in the middle of the river | 當河有一個中國船 | Tahng-haw yo yeeka chaoong-kwo-ch‘wahn. |