WORDS COMBINED.
1.—To recline. To sit. To rise. To stand up. To walk. To go on foot.
2.—To go fast. To go slow.
3.—In front. In rear.
4.—To come back. To have arrived.
5.—Do you like it or not? Not at all.
6.—To call somebody. Call some one here.
7.—A public office. Upstairs. On the ground.
8.—A cart. A sedan chair. Three horses. Two mules. Four donkeys.
9.—He is lying down on the road. Tell him to get up.
10.—I am, or was, sitting upstairs. He is, or was, sitting down below.
11.—He was on foot. I came in a cart. He came on foot.
12.—I walk fast. He walks slow.
13.—I was walking in front. He was behind.
14.—Is that man come back or not? He is not back, but he soon will be. Where is he gone to? He has gone to the public office. Did he go in a chair or in a carriage? In a small chair. He does not like being in a carriage.
15.—Do you like that man? I do not like any of those men.
16.—Has he been buying horses? No. Mules and donkeys. If he wanted to buy horses, there is not a horse to be had. How many mules or donkeys has he bought? Three mules and seven donkeys.
17.—Which are the better, the mules from this place or those from that? The mules here are not so good as those there. The mules here are slower than what you get there. Both the mules and donkeys from that place are fast.
1.—Pang. Niang. Fa lo. Hsiu. ‘Hei moung. ‘Hei Keh.
2.—‘Hei ‘hi. ‘Hei a ‘hi.
3.—Keh tang. Keh kai.
4.—Loh. Leh yeh.
5.—Ā a ā. Tou a ā.
6.—Koh nai. Koh nai loh.
7.—Ngah. Ku pang. Ka tah.
8.—Lai lioh. Yi lai cho. Pieh tei ma. Au tei luh. ‘Hlao tei lui.
9.—Ngi niang tiu keh pang. Koh ngi fa loh.
10.—Vai niang ku pang niang. Ngi ka tah niang.
11.—Ngi yi tuoh yi tuoh ‘hei. Vai niang lioh loh. Ngi ‘hei keh loh.
12.—Vai ‘hei ‘hi. Ngi ‘hei a ‘hi.
13.—Vai keh tang ‘hei. Ngi keh kai ‘hei.
14.—Ngi tieh nai loh a pa. Ngi a pa loh. Ngi loh ‘hi. Ngi moung hang to. Chieh ngah moung yeh. Ngi niang cho moung, ngi niang lioh moung. Niang yi lai cho niu. Ngi a ā niang lioh.
15.—Ngi tieh nai moung ā a ā. Ngi tau au pieh nai vai tou a ā.
16.—Ngi mai tiao ma a tiao. Ngi mai luh lui. Ngi ou mai ma yi tei ma tou a mai. Luh lui mai hao nao tei. Mai pieh tei luh hsiung tei lui.
17.—Hang nung pieh luh ghou hang ai pieh luh ghou. Hang nung pieh luh a mai hang ai pieh luh ghou. Hang nung pieh luh pi hang ai pieh hang. Hang ai pieh luh lui tou hang.