WORDS COMBINED.
1.—Every year. Every moon. Every day. 2.—Each kind.
3.—Early in the morning. Noon. In the evening. Forenoon. Afternoon.
4.—By night. Before midnight. After midnight.
5.—To set the watch. To strike the watch. A watchman.
6.—The days are long. The days are short. The nights are long. The nights are short.
7.—At what time? 8.—Time for work. 9.—A dull day. Clouds. There is a mist. 10.—There must be one or some. 11.—Affairs. 12.—To place. 13.—It is ended.
14.—He rises early; goes for a walk at noon; comes home in the evening and reads; and in the third watch of the night he goes to bed. He does the same every day.
15.—One’s self. You must go yourself to settle the business. He lives by himself in that house.
16.—It rained in the forenoon. The afternoon was fine.
17.—It was warm before midnight, but cold after.
18.—The third watch is midnight.
19.—As regards the watches which a watchman strikes during the night, the night is divided into five. The beginning of the first is the watch-setting.
20.—When the days are long there is more time to do things. When they are short one has no leisure for them, and they must just wait.
21.—When will he be back? Possibly to-morrow.
22.—Where is the tea-pot put? On the table in the room.
23.—When the sky is overcast, the day is dull.
24.—There was a thick mist this morning; and the mountains were invisible.
1.—‘Hniu ‘Hniu. ‘Hla ‘hla. Tai tai. 2.—Ka tiu.
3.—Tiung tah. Hsing tiung tai. Tiung pang. Chieh tai. Tiung nga tai.
4.—Tiung pang. Tang pang tang. Tang pang keh.
5.—Ting kêng. Tüeh kêng. ‘Hou kêng.
6.—Ta tai. Lai tai. Ta pang. Lai pang.
7.—Kai shi shih hou. 8.—Ai kou. 9.—‘Hui tai. Tang-ang. Ta ngioh. 10.—Sung ou mai. 11—Shih ch’ing. 12.—‘Hlia. 13.—Chiu yeh.
14.—Ngi tiung tah fa lo; Hsing tiung tai chieh ka hei; Tiung pang moung chieh ngieh tu; Lei pieh kêng ngi pieh chiu yeh. Ngi tai tai tou si tiu.
15.—Vai chiang lai. Moung chiang lai sung ou moung pieh shih. Lai chieh tiao ngi chiang lai niang.
16.—Nga tai ta nung. Chieh tai ka yeh.
17.—Tang pang tang hsioh, tang pang keh si.
18.—Pieh kêng tiao tang pang.
19.—Tiung pang kêng ‘hou tüeh kêng, yi pang fai chia kêng. Tou kêng tou tiao ting kêng.
20.—Ta tai pieh shih ai kou nao. Lai tai a mai k’ung, shih Ch’ing sung ou ‘hlia nioh.
21.—Ngi kai shi shih ‘hou loh. Fu fa kai loh.
22.—Chieh chiang ‘hlia tiao hang to. ‘Hlia tiao chieh keh tiung tang keh vai.
23.—Keh vai tang ang pai yeh tiao vai hui.
24.—Tai nung tiung ta ta ngioh ‘hlioh kuai; Pieh ‘hlioh tou ngieh a pang.