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LESSON V.—General.
- What does he say?
- He says he has no money.
- Give him a little.
- Can you read?
- I can’t read.
- Request the teacher to come.
- What is your honourable name?
- (To an inferior.) What is your name?
- Can you talk Chinese?
- I can.
- I am a Chinaman.
- He is an Englishman.
- You are not a native of the place.
- He is a man from Swatow.
- There are plenty of Chinamen at Singapore.
- Do you like this place? (lit. is it good?)
- Do you like being here?
- I do (like it).
- Tell him to go back.
- Seize this man.
- Has he been doing anything wrong?
- He is a thief.
- What has he stolen?
- He has stolen nothing just now.
- Has he struck anybody?
- He has; he’s a dangerous man.
- He has been doing something wrong.
- He ought to be punished.
- Take him to prison for a fortnight.
- Afterwards give him twenty blows.
- When he has been beaten, let him go.
- Warn him not to get into trouble (again).