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94  KEY TO EXERCISES

English into Chinese

I.
 * 1) These are my things.
 * 2) He is my friend.
 * 3) That is the teacher’s paper.
 * 4) Pastor Uong’s younger brother is my friend.
 * 5) Those are his own books.
 * 6) Mr. Li is my friend’s father.
 * 7) These are my mother’s own things.
 * 8) Mr. Li is deaf.
 * 9) His own book.
 * 10) This is my bread.
 * 11) This is sweet, that is sour.
 * 12) That is his dictionary.
 * 13) Li Guang-hung is my younger brother.
 * 14) These are his son’s cash.
 * 15) Their own dictionary.

II.
 * 1) Please read the Bible.
 * 2) Those are his tables and chairs.
 * 3) What is this character? This is the mā character.
 * 4) The Bible is God’s book.
 * 5) Make the tea.
 * 6) Please, what is the meaning of cáng-mī-sĭ?
 * 7) This is mine.
 * 8) Light the fire.
 * 9) This is a lantern, that is a table-lamp.
 * 10) They have no lamps.
 * 11) To ask in this way is not polite.
 * 12) Please, what is the meaning of the dìng character?
 * 13) What is this? This is bread.
 * 14) What are you asking about?
 * 15) They have not lit the lamps.

III.
 * 1) Please read the frst chapter.
 * 2) Who are you asking?
 * 3) You had better see how many hundreds he has.
 * 4) Whose are those three books?
 * 5) They are Mr. Diong’s.
 * 6) How many sons has Mr. Diong?
 * 7) This is my son.
 * 8) What book are you reading? I am reading the Bible.
 * 9) Where is your father?
 * 10) Where is the inn?
 * 11) This baggage is mine.
 * 12) Where is the ladder? We haven’t one.
 * 13) This fruit is sour.
 * 14) He has not a broom.
 * 15) How many people are riding in chairs? Six.

IV.
 * 1) What is he doing? There is only one Savior, namely Jesus.
 * 2) How much money have those two people?
 * 3) Please, sir (teacher) will you look it up in the dictionary?
 * 4) How much are those boxes each?
 * 5) What character are you looking for?
 * 6) How many