WORDS COMBINED.
1.—Head. Queue. Ear. Eye. Nose. Mouth. In the mouth. The lips. The beard. Arm. Finger. Nail. Back and legs. 2.—Robust. Weak. 3.—Pulling. Hauling at. To haul with great effort. To tear or injure in clutching hold of. 4.—Connected, consecutively. 5.—To be ill. Very sore. Strange.
6.—A man’s head has brains inside it, and is therefore called a head-bag.
7.—This tail of yours wants combing.
8.—When a man is old, he can neither see well nor see clearly. 9.—That man has a very odd-looking nose. 10.—This man is very strong. That man is very weak.
11.—Have you anything the matter with you? I am weak, but not ill. 12.—In these five or six years that you and I have not met, your beard has turned quite white. I have been sadly ailing for some years.
13.—That man who is lying on the road has both legs broken. 14.—To have something the matter with the back that makes it impossible for one to stand upright. 15.—Do you move so slowly because you have something the matter with you? No; it is age which makes me weak in the back and limbs.
16.—He has something the matter with his tongue, and his mouth and lips are broken out.
17.—It may be said that eating and speaking both are of the mouth. 18.—That woman’s nails were so long that when she clutched hold of his arm they tore it. 19.—My finger is sore. 20.—What animals are used to draw carts? They may be drawn by mules, donkeys, or horses.
21.—Toh means to pull hard with the hand. Pull the door fast to. He pulled and hauled at me.
1—Koh. Mi. Ngi. Mai. Pao nüeh. Lo. Lo keh tiung. Pou lo. Hsieh nieh. Kou. Ta pi. Kang pi. ‘Hla pa. 2.—Mai1 go. Mai4 go. 3.—‘Hlioh. Toh. ‘Hlioh toh. Wa ni. 4.—‘Ha. 5.—Mai mang. Mang kuai. Lo hsüeh.
6.—Nai koh keh tiung mai ‘hlui, chiu koh koh tou.
7.—Moung pieh chiao mi nung sung ou hsia.
8.—Nai lu, ngi tang a ghou, mai tou ngieh a vai. 9.—Tai nai moung pieh pao nüeh mai lo hsüeh. 10.—Tai nai nung mai1 go. Tai nai ai mai4 go kuai.
11.—Moung chiao chieh mai mang a mai. A mai mang. Vai chiao chieh mai4 go. 12.—Pieh chia tiu ‘hniu a pang, moung pieh hsieh nieh tou ‘hluh yeh. Vai pieh chiao chieh mai mang nia tiu.
13.—Tiu ka keh vai lai nai pang ai au pa tou ni yeh. 14.—Ka ‘hla mai mang fa a lei loh. 15.—Moung kai shi keh keh ‘hei, chiao chieh mang a mang. A tiao; tiao nai lu yeh, ‘hla pa tou a ghou.
16.—Ngi chiao ni mai mang, lo pao nüeh tou ni yeh.
17.—Lo keh tiung nêng ka, lo keh tiung ch’iu si, tou ku i ch’iu. 18.—Tai mi moung kang pi ta, li ngi pi kou wa ni yeh. 19.—Vai pieh ta pi mang. 20.—‘Hlioh lioh hsia kai shi tieh ‘hi. Hsia lu, lui, ma, tou ku i ‘hlioh tau.
21.—Toh tiao nai pieh pi hsia go ‘hlioh. Lai tiu ‘hlioh koh. Ngi ‘hlioh toh vai.