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58 He will need three days to make that box, 伊欲三日做一隻其箱 ĭ ó̤i săng nĭk có̤ siŏh-ciáh gì siŏng. It will not take three days, 伓駛三日 ng sāi săng nĭk.

7. To denote the instrument with which an action was done, the words 用 ê̤ṳng, 掏 dò̤, and 拈 niĕng are used. Write it with a Chinese pencil. 拈中國其筆寫 Niĕng Dṳ̆ng-gúok gì bék siā. Build it with stone, 掏石頭砌 dò̤ siŏh-tàu liē.

NOTE. Care must be taken to distinguish between the Chinese words meaning “old”, 佬 lâu is used for living things, and 舊 gô for inanimate objects:&mdash; That old man’s clothes are old. 那佬𠆧其衣裳是舊其 Hiā lâu nè̤ng gì ĭ-siòng sê gô-gì. 

 EXERCISE XII.


 * 辛苦 sĭng-kū: tired
 * 厭氣 iéng-ké: to reject
 * 雞蛋糕 giĕ-laûng-gŏ̤: cake
 * 看輕 káng-kĭng: to undervalue
 * 解 gā̤: to unloose, unbind
 * 濫 lâng: wet
 * 源頭 nguòng-tàu: source
 * 客調其乇 káh-dièu gì-nó̤h: toys
 * 抱 bô̤: to nurse a child
 * 血 haík: blood
 * 筒 dè̤ng: a pipe
 * 學問 hŏk-ông: learning

Translate into English;&mdash;


 * 1) Cuòi mâ̤ hăk nù gì é-sé̤ṳ.
 * 2) Gā sìng cêng sâ̤.
 * 3) Ĭ gì nièng-gī cêng kĭng.
 * 4) Gĭng-dáng dâung ṳ̄.
 * 5) Ciŏng muòng tiāng kŭi.
 * 6) Séng Ià-Sŭ gì nè̤ng ô sĕk-ciòng gì bìng-ăng.
 * 7) Ciā uâ gōng cêng hō̤.
 * 8) Ô dâung-ṳ̄ nâ nè̤ng-gă gì ĭ-siòng mò̤ sié-nóh lâng.
 * 9) Cêng sâ̤ gĕ̤ng gì nguòng-tàu sê diŏh gèng săng lā̤.
 * 10) Nṳ̄ ciŏng-gì káng-kĭng ĭ gì hŏk-ông nì?
 * 11) Nòng-nā̤ diŏh bùng-diē, Gĭng-dáng dâi-gié cêng sâ̤.
 * 12) Ng tĕ̤ng mâ-gé-dék nù.
 * 13) Ng tĕ̤ng muóng hṳ̄ siŏh-ciáh lâu sĭng-săng gūi-