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 * 涼 liòng: cool
 * 生醭 săng pū: mildewed
 * 退色 tó̤i saík: to fade as colours
 * 客廳 káh-tiăng: reception room
 * 刣 tài: to peel a pumelo; to kill
 * 豫備 ê̤ṳ-bê: to prepare
 * 透日 táu-nĭk: the whole day
 * 免的 miēng-dék: lest

Translate into English:&mdash;


 * 1) Cuòi sê diê-nè̤ng có̤ gì?
 * 2) Màng-nièng săng-miéh-sék?
 * 3) Dái lâng-tiŏng cāi lì.
 * 4) Cĭ siŏh-dó̤i siŏh-tàu kák duâi; mâ̤-sāi-dék.
 * 5) Ciā ĭ-siòng săng-pū; ô nĭk tàu gì sì-hâiu muōng dò̤ kó̤ puŏh.
 * 6) È̤ng gì buó ng tĕ̤ng puŏh, diŏh liàng, miēng-dék è̤ng sáik tó̤i-kó̤.
 * 7) Cī siŏh-ciáh niê-giāng mâ̤ giàng diô; kī-dâe̤ng nṳ̄ mâi ĭ kó̤.
 * 8) Ciā siŏng siŏh-ciáh nè̤ng dăng mâ̤ kī.
 * 9) Cī siŏh-bā dŏ̤ mâ̤ lê.
 * 10) Ciā dà-bò̤ cêng gói.
 * 11) Chāng [sic] diē-lì sô̤i; mŏ̤h gṳ̆.
 * 12) Ĭ siŏh-nĭk â̤ dăng niŏh-uâi dáng gì cūi? Sĕk-lĕ̤k dáng.
 * 13) Só̤h-nĭk nè̤ng-gă mā̤ siŏh-lăk gì pău. Nù-gáuk-nè̤ng dò̤ tài kó̤ siăh.
 * 14) Nguŏk-siēu ô nê-sĕk-gāu nĭk. Nguŏk-duâi ô săng-sĕk nĭk.
 * 15) Nè̤ng-gă mìng-dáng â-dáu săng-dēng-cṳ̆ng lŏ̤h sùng.

Translate into Chinese:&mdash;


 * 1) He goes quickly.
 * 2) These are the two large books that he bought.
 * 3) Carry away these two boxes.
 * 4) Tell the cook to make bread to-day, I must start tomorrow.
 * 5) Where are you going? Round the district.
 * 6) When will you return? In a few days.
 * 7) You must wash those clothes to-day. Here is soap.
 * 8) Please, teacher, come a little earlier tomorrow. I want to study three or four hymns.
 * 9) I bought these things outside the city. Are they dear?
 * 10) I will pour out the tea myself. When we have finished drinking tea, wash the tea-pot and bring it to me here.
 * 11) Where are you going next year?
 * 12) Last year I sold my horse and bought a donkey.
 * 13) When did you arrive? Yesterday.
 * 14) What is your honourable name? My unworthy name is Li.
 * 15) You must buy mandarin oranges. The coolie oranges are too dear.