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72 lŏ̤h dó̤-che̤ṳ́ diòng-dô̤.
 * 1) Ciā sā̤-sĭng-kuòng â̤ lâu, nṳ̄ dék-diŏh sék kó̤.
 * 2) Nṳ̄ dék-diŏh ŏ̤h tiăng-chói.
 * 3) Nṳ̄ gì ĭ-siòng cêng lă-că, diŏh dò̤ cī siŏh-dó̤i ì-cô̤ kó̤ sā̤.
 * 4) Niê-giāng chiòng lā̤ buăk lŏ̤h-lì; ĭ gì ĭ-siòng dŭ lă-că kó̤; dâ-ék-hō̤ gâe̤ng ĭ sĭng sā̤ siŏh-ciáh.
 * 5) Ciā siŏng cêng cóng, sié-nó̤h gá-cièng nì?
 * 6) Cī siŏh-găng bùng cêng kó̤ lă-că, ŭng-dìng cêng sâ̤, iâ ô tĭ-tṳ̆-măng cêng gâu. Nṳ̄ dék-diŏh saú táh-gáik.
 * 7) Niê-giāng dè̤ng cièng tŏng diē siŏh ciáh.
 * 8) Să-hô mò lāng dô̤, ciā chiòng săng-nīk ceû â̤ kī hō̤.
 * 9) Siā cê nṳ̄ gì bék diŏh niĕng dò̤-dê̤ṳ-chiū. Saī dò̤-uāng-chiū ô duâi dâng.
 * 10) Nṳ̄ ciŏng-gì sì-siòng mâ̤ gé-dék guŏng kāng-muòng?
 * 11) Nè̤ng-gă cêng huăng-hī káng nè̤ng-káh lì, nâ có̤ diò lì gōng, “Dŭ mò̤-nó̤h siăh”, nù mâ̤ hieū-dék ciŏng-iông có̤.

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 * 1) Which do you like?
 * 2) Jesus gave up His life for us that we might obtain salvation.
 * 3) His head was broken by a fall.
 * 4) He has ability but he is lazy. He only likes to play in school.
 * 5) Please buy me some straw shoes. My foreign shoes are broken.
 * 6) Where does he live? I do not know.
 * 7) Why are you crying? Because my mother is poorly and my father being blind we cannot make a living.
 * 8) If you will forgive me this time, I will not offend you again.
 * 9) In the house opposite there are many things made of gold and silver. The people there are wealthy.
 * 10) Tie the parcel tightly lest the contents fall out and are lost.
 * 11) I must not go out to play, because mother told me to mind the children.
 * 12) The blind man has fallen down.
 * 13) When you have shkaen the curtains fold them up and put them in the drawer.
 * 14) Please help me to move this table.
 * 15) Lay the table for six people.

 LESSON XVI.


 * 香 hiŏng: incense
 * 圍 ùi: to surround, beseige
 * 保 bō̤: to protect, guarantee,
 * 權柄 guòng-báng: authority
 * 內 nô̤i: within
 * 留 làu: to detain