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Rh horse is mine.
 * 1) Please, Mr. Li, ask your friend to sit down.
 * 2) This is my meaning, that is his meaning.
 * 3) Jesus is our Savior.
 * 4) What pencils are there?
 * 5) This is my friend's tea.
 * 6) Please, Pastor Li, read the Bible.
 * 7) The books and chairs are mind; the money and horses are his.
 * 8) Please, sir, sit on the chair.
 * 9) May I ask what this is? It is my inkslab.
 * 10) The ink is his, the pen is mine.

 LESSON III.


 * 一
 * siŏh, ék: one


 * 二
 * lâng, nê: two


 * 三
 * săng: three


 * 四
 * se: four


 * 五
 * ngô: five


 * 六
 * lĕ̤k: six


 * 七
 * chék: seven


 * 八
 * báik: eight


 * 九
 * gāu: nine


 * 十
 * sĕk: ten


 * 着冬那
 * diŏh dĕ̤ng-nē̤: where?


 * 一隻錢
 * siŏh-ciáh cièng: one cash


 * 一隻𠆧
 * siŏh-ciáh nè̤ng: one man


 * 一本聖經
 * siŏh-buōng Séng Gĭng: a Bible


 * 一件乇
 * siŏh-iông nó̤h: one thing


 * 只一隻
 * cī siŏh-ciáh: this one


 * 許一隻
 * hṳ̄ siŏh-ciáh: that one


 * 一杯茶
 * siŏh-bŭoi dà: a cup of tea


 * 一張椅
 * siŏh-tiŏng iē: a chair


 * 務
 * ô: to have, there is, there are


 * 看
 * káng: to se̤, lo̤k


 * 聽
 * tiăng: to hear


 * 俤
 * diê: who, which


 * 幾
 * guī: how many?


 * 一百
 * siŏh-bahbáh [sic]: one hundred


 * 掏
 * dò̤: to tkae in the hand


 * 掏來
 * dò̤ lì: to bring


 * 掏去
 * dò̤ kó̤: to take away


 * 一把轎
 * siŏh-bā giêu: a sedan


 * 者
 * ciā: this


 * 那
 * hiā: that


 * 椆
 * diù: closet, cupboard


 * 綢
 * diù: silk cloth


 * 碼
 * mā: a yard


 * 一主
 * siŏh-ciō: one family


 * 箬壤
 * niŏh-uâi: how many


 * 俤𠆧
 * diê-nè̤ng: who?


 * 縛
 * bŭoh: to tie up

The Numerary Adjunct or Classifier

One of the most important of all Chinese idioms is the use of a certain particle with each noun, in enumeration or description. This