WORDS COMBINED.
1.—The year before last. Last year. This year. Next year. The year after next. 2.—Last moon. This moon. Next moon.
3.—The weather may be distinguished as cold, hot, cool, warm, windy, clear, snowy.
4.—Time. Day-break. Day-time. Night-time. A short space of time.
5.—That man there has studied upwards of twenty years, and has been a teacher five or six months.
6.—I am going to-day, and I may be back next moon.
7.—You were not up at eight o’clock to-day.
8.—‘Hniu tang and Sai yang ‘hniu are the terms used for the year before last and the year after next; ‘Hla tang and ‘Hla kai for the moon before last and the moon after next.
9.—At this place it rains in the hot weather and snows in the cold.
10.—It blew hard last night, and at daybreak it was very cold.
11.—It is his habit to go out riding in the daytime, and to go home at night and read.
12.—It rained last night, but it is fine to-day.
13.—This is a clear day.
14.—The weather is very mild this year; not so cold as it was last year.
15.—You and I have been here a good many years.
16.—He came last year. I arrived last moon. They two were over here last year.
1.—‘Hniu tang. ‘Hniu fa. ‘Hniu nung. Pu ‘hniu. Sai yang ‘hniu. 2.—Nga ‘hla. ‘Hla nung. Chieh ‘hla.
3.—Lai vai ku i fai, vai si, vai hsioh, vai hui, vai hsioh, ‘hlioh chiang, ka vai, ta ‘hliu.
4.—Shih hou. Fieh vai. Vai ‘hliu. Yi shau.
5.—Tai lai nai ngieh ku au chiu nao ‘hniu pieh tu, tang chia tiu ‘hla pieh hsiang tu.
6.—Vai tai nung moung. Chieh ‘hla ku i tiang loh.
7.—Moung ya tien chung a fa loh.
8.—‘Hniu tang, sai yang ‘hniu ku i ch’iu. ‘Hla tang ‘hla kai ku i ch’iu.
9.—Niang hang nung vai hsioh pieh shih hou ta nung, vai si pieh shih hou ta ‘hliu.
10.—Tai nung nung chiu ‘hlioh chiang. Pieh vai pieh shih hou si va.
11.—Ngi ā vai ‘hlu ‘hliu kou chieh ma, chiu vai tiang chieh ngieh tu.
12.—Tai nung chiu vai ta nung. Tai nung ka yeh.
13.—Tai nung ka vai.
14.—‘Hniu nung hsioh kuai, a mai ‘hniu ta si.
15.—Au au lai lei hang nung mai hao nao ‘hniu.
16.—Ngi si ‘hniu fa ta. Vai si nga ‘hla ta. Ngi au lai si ‘hniu fa ta ku yeh.