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VI. . Well, I hear that you have made such way in Manchu, that you are beginning to speak it quite correctly.

. Nonsense! I understand it, certainly, when I hear it spoken, but it will be sometime yet before I can speak it myself. It is not only that I can’t go right through with a piece of conversation of any length like other people, but I can’t even string half a dozen sentences together.


 * sini
 * thy


 * manjurarangge
 * Verbal Noun (21) of manjurambi to speak Manchu


 * majige
 * little


 * muru
 * appearance


 * tucikebi
 * Indef. Past (10) of tucimbi to come forth


 * aibide
 * how?


 * bi
 * I


 * niyalmai
 * man, with gen. affix i


 * gisurere
 * Fut. Part. (5) of gisurembi to speak


 * be
 * accusative affix


 * ulhire
 * Fut. (5) of ulhimbi to understand


 * gojime
 * only


 * mini
 * my


 * beye
 * body, self


 * gisureme
 * Ger. (3) of gisurembi to speak


 * ohode
 * when


 * oron
 * interval, place


 * unde
 * not yet, oron unde not yet time, too early


 * gūwai
 * other, with gen. affix i


 * adali
 * like, similar


 * fiyelen
 * chapter, piece, fiyelen fiyeleni connectedly


 * gisureme
 * Inf. (3) of gisurembi to speak


 * muterakū
 * Fut. (3) of mutembi to be able, with akū not


 * sere
 * Fut. (5) of sembi to say


 * anggala
 * not only


 * emu
 * one


 * siran
 * continuation


 * i
 * adverbial particle, emu sirani uninterruptedly


 * duin
 * four


 * sunja
 * five


 * gisun
 * word