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. To be sure not. I have been studying Chinese for over ten years, but I am still as far as ever from seeing my way in it. Then if I can’t master Manju and learn to translate, I shall have broken down at both ends of the line.


 * inu
 * yes, indeed


 * waka
 * not


 * oci
 * Cond. (6) of ombi to be, it may


 * ai
 * what?


 * bi
 * I


 * juwan
 * ten


 * aniya
 * year


 * funceme
 * Inf. (3) of funcembi to exceed, coordinate definite verb followed by taciha: I have exceeded and learned


 * nikan
 * Chinese


 * bithe
 * book


 * taciha
 * Pret. (4) of tacimbi to learn: I have learned


 * tetele
 * from te now and tele till; up to the present, still


 * umai
 * not at all


 * dube
 * point, end, extreme


 * da
 * beginning dube da the very beginning


 * tucirakū
 * Fut. (5) of tucimbi to appear, with akū not: it does not appear


 * jai
 * second, further


 * aikabade
 * if


 * manju
 * Manchu


 * bithe
 * book


 * hūlarakū
 * Fut. (5) of hūlambi to read, to study, with akū not: shall not study


 * ubaliyambure
 * Fut. partic. (5) of ubaliyambumbi to translate


 * be
 * accusative affix


 * tacirakū
 * Fut. (5) of tacimbi to learn with akū not


 * oci
 * Cond. (6) of ombi to be


 * juwe de
 * two, with postpos. in


 * gemu
 * both, alike


 * sartabure
 * Fut. (5) of sartabumbi to be delayed


 * de
 * postpos. to


 * isinambi
 * to arrive