- A cow, ih tsak nyeu 一隻牛.
- A native, ih kuh °pung-di°-nyung 一個本地人.
- A foreigner, ih kuh °nga-kok-nyung 一個外國人. (Literally, outside kingdom man).
- Children, °siau-noen 小囝.
- A large box or trunk, ih tsak siang-°ts 一隻箱子.
- A small box, ih tsak ‘ah-°ts 一隻匣子.
- A fan, ih °po sen°-°ts 一把扇子.
- A broom, ih °po °sau °tseu 一把掃箒.
- A tea pot, ih °po dzo-‘oo 一把茶壺.
- To be, is, are, °z 是.
EXERCISES
(Translate into English)
- (1) °Ngoo iau° san tsak siang-°ts.
- (2) °Di °po sen°-°ts °z noong°-kuh.
- (3) I-kuh ‘eu-°ts °yeu ih tsak ‘ah-°ts.
- (4) °Ngoo-kuh sien-sang iau° ih °po dzo-‘oo.
- (5) San-seh-ih tsak yang °z i-kuh.
- (6) Nyan°-tshih tsak nyeu °z i-kuh.
- (7) I-kuh °nga-kok-nyung °yeu °liang tsak iui°-°ts.
- (8) San-seh, °z san kuh zeh.
- (9) Ih pak, °z zeh kuh zeh.
- (10) °So-°ng kuh nyung °yeu °so-°ng tsak de-°ts.
- (11) Sien-sang °z °pung-di°-nyung, °ngoo °z °nga-kok-nyung.
- (12) Yoong°-nyung iau° ih °po °sau-°tseu.
- (一) 我要三隻箱子.
- (二) 第把扇子是儂個.
- (三) 伊個兒子有一隻匣子.
- (四) 我個先生要一把茶壺.
- (五) 三十一隻羊是伊個.
- (六) 念七隻牛是伊個.
- (七) 伊個外國人有两隻椅子.
- (八) 三十是三個十.
- (九) 一百是十個十.
- (十) 十五個人有十五隻檯子.
- (十一) 先生是本地人我是外國人.
- (十二) 用人要一把掃箒.
(Translate into Chinese)
- (1) He wants three tea pots.
- (2) Four pupils want four fans.
- (3) This large box is my friends.
- (4) He has thirty knives.
- (5) These five dollars are the pupils’.
- (6) The teacher has twenty-five pupils.
- (7) These two fans are his.
- (8) That small box is the foreigner’s.
- (9) Six tens are sixty.
- (10) My friend has five children, three sons and two daughters.
- (一) 伊要三把茶壺.
- (二) 四個學生子要四把扇子.
- (三) 第隻箱子是我個朋友個.
- (四) 伊有三十把刀.
- (五) 第個五塊洋錢是學生子個.
- (六) 先生有念五個學生子.
- (七) 第個兩把扇子是伊個.
- (八) 伊隻匣子是外國人個.
- (九) 六個十是六十.
- (十) 我個朋友有五個小囝三個兒子兩個囡.
Note.
‘Ah-°ts is a small box in distinction from Siang-°ts, a large box, but as will be seen later the adjectives for large and small may also be used with both of these words.