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32 gì hŏk-sĕng cê siā-dék bàng-ciáng.
 * 1) Nè̤ng-gă ô káng-giéng nṳ̄-că̤. Hŏk--sĕng uâ ô nê-sĕk nè̤ng.
 * 2) Diŏh cŭ-uái mò̤ sié-nó̤h gōng dô̤-lī gì nè̤ng. Ciŏng-gì nṳ̄ nō̤-nô̤h muôi tiăng-giéng Lī Mŭk-sṳ̆ gōng dô̤-lī nĭ?
 * 3) Dṳ̆ng-guók gì cê ĭ â̤ siā mâ̤? Mâ̤, ĭ nâ â̤ siā Lò̤-mā cê.
 * 4) Gâe̤ng có̤-diò gōng ô nê-sĕk nè̤ng lì siăh dà.
 * 5) Cṳ̆-că̤ nâ ô gūi ciáh hŏk-sĕng. Siŏh-màng ĭ-gàuk-nè̤ng lâng-ciáh tău-diō că̤ kó̤ lāu.
 * 6) Siăh bā-lāu muôi? Siăh bā-lāu.
 * 7) Nè̤ng-gă ó̤i nṳ̄ gì dōng-buŏ-giāng lièng cṳ̆-niòng-giāng lì siông că̤.
 * 8) Gă̤-dŏng ô è̤ng cāi mâ̤ â mò̤?
 * 9) Ngiê-dāu ô nè̤ng â mò̤?

Translate into Chinese:&mdash;


 * 1) I can hear his words, but do not understand his meaning.
 * 2) He speaks Chinese fluently.
 * 3) He has come to worship.
 * 4) These oranges were bought on the street.
 * 5) Have you seen him? No, I have not seen him.
 * 6) How many people are there in the chapel? Between six and seven hundred.
 * 7) I want you to go to the street and buy me twenty mandarin oranges.
 * 8) Who is outside? The girls and women have come to greet you.
 * 9) He does not speak Chinese well. He is a newcomer.
 * 10) Please bring me the oranges which are on the table.
 * 11) I cannot see any oranges. There are only eggs.
 * 12) These two large characters are badly written.
 * 13) I want to write well, but my pen is bad.
 * 14) There are three foreigners on the street. They want to come here.
 * 15) Ask them to come in and eat rice.

 LESSON VII.


 * 病 bâng: disease, illness
 * 將 ciŏng: sign of direct object
 * 恰 kák: too much, excessive, very
 * 呌 giéu: to summon, call out
 * 鄭 dâng: mistake, wrong
 * 䞱起 gók- [sic]kī: to arise (from bed) get up
 * 雞角 giĕ-gaé̤k: cock
 * 雞牳 giĕ-mō̤: hen
 * 話 uâ: words
 * 銅 dè̤ng: brass
 * niăng [sic]-nói: a little