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Rh buôi.
 * 1) Có̤-diò diăh mī ng gáu.
 * 2) Ciā dĭng-mā lūng-cūng ó̤i kā-lák, mìng-dáng diŏh sāi-e̤ṳ̂ng lā̤-bái-dòng gì bō̤-hiēng. Nâ kā-lák ciā dò̤-guóng mò̤ sié-nó̤k gék.
 * 3) Nè̤ng-gă gì guōguōi [sic] cī bī nṳ̄ gì guōguōi [sic] cī gaíng sṳ̆k, mì-dŭk chăng gì ng-tĕ̤ng siăh.
 * 4) Gĭng-dáng bṳó-lièng diŏh táung kó̤ saúk, ī-hâiu cêu káung diù lā̤.
 * 5) Cī siŏh-siéng chiòng mâ̤ giĕng-gó.
 * 6) Ĭ lì cī-muāng dì, nè̤ng-gā diŏh kaíu ì gì cièng.
 * 7) Sô̤i sùng mò̤ sô̤i giêu hṳ̄-muāng ká̤.
 * 8) Hiā nó̤h cêng cóng, nè̤ng-gă ó̤i dái kó̤ keṳ́k né̤ng-gă gì nòng-nā̤ káng.
 * 9) Nṳ̄ diŏh saú ciā bùng-diē cêng táh-gáik. Chió-diē ô tĭ-tṳ̆-măng mò hō̤-káng.

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 * 1) Do not talk to him.
 * 2) The soul is more important than money.
 * 3) My little girl is playing with her doll.
 * 4) This table is very dear. It was $2.20.
 * 5) Tomorrow I am inviting six guests to come to supper.
 * 6) This pen is a little better than that, but neither are very good.
 * 7) Cook has gone on the street to buy rice–I wanted him to buy cloth but forgot to tell him.
 * 8) This cloth is better than that.
 * 9) He is mistaken. The round box is larger than this one.
 * 10) How many more pounds does he want to buy?
 * 11) We had better invite Mr. Le to supper.
 * 12) His pronunciation is not clear.
 * 13) He wants to use my money to buy a house.
 * 14) This wall is longer than that.

 LESSON XII.


 * 手 chiū: the hand
 * 窄 cáh: narrow
 * 佬 lâu: old, of persons
 * 海 hāi: the sea
 * 重 dâe̤ng: heavy
 * 再 cái: again
 * 歲 húoi: years of age
 * 數 só: account
 * 江 gĕ̤ng: river
 * 輕 kĭng: light (weight), gently
 * 管 guāng;: [sic]: to govern
 * 用 ê̤ṳng: to use
 * 雨 ṳ̄: rain
 * 雪 siók: snow
 * 捵 tiāng: to push
 * 砌 liē: to build with stone or brick