°Kwen (管) is the classifier for tubular things.
- A Chinese or foreign pen, ih °kwen pih 一管筆.
- A Chinese ink tablet, ih kuh nyien°-°ts 一個硯子, or nyien°-de 硯台.
- A piece of ink, ih khwe° muh 一塊墨.
- Foreign ink, muh-°s 墨水.
- Clean, koen-zing° 乾淨.
- Stop, ding 停.
- Moon, nyoeh-liang° 月亮.
- Precious, °pau-pe° 寶貝.
EXERCISES
(Translate into English)
- (1) Di°-kuh °z iau° °kyung kuh, °tshing noong° ’veh iau° maung-kyi°.
- (2) Di°-kuh °siau-noen van° chuh ’veh lauh, °khoong-pho° °yeu mau-bing°.
- (3) Kyung-tsau le-’veh-ji°, ming-tsau °lau tsoo°.
- (4) °Liang kuh nyung ih tsak iui°-°ts laung° °zoo-’veh-lauh.
- (5) ‘Auh-sang-°ts mung° sien-sang °‘a-°li-deu dok °chi °lau °‘a-°li-deu ding.
- (6) Tshau zing°-°hau-°ts meh, faung° la° tsheu-thi °li.
- (7) Tsoong°-dien-nyung °i-kyung °ma-°ts san tsak san-yang, i-kuh bang-°yeu ling°-nga° wan iau° °ma s° tsak.
- (8) Noong° iung-ke °de loong-tsoong nyung °hau, ‘oo-°hwaung °de z°-ka nyung °hau nyi.
- (9) Bung-°ts °lau °wen iau° kung°-ka koen-zing°.
- (10) Noong° iung-ke °tsau-zung-deu °doong-sung, °‘au-pen°-nyih °doong-sung le-’veh-ji° tau° kuh.
- (11) Noong° °kyi-z wan peh la° °ngoo? Ok-tse kyung-tsau °‘au-pen°-nyih, ok-tse ming-tsau °tsau-zung-deu.
- (12) °Ngoo-kuh bang-°yeu sang-bing° °soo-°i iau° °tshing i-sung khoen° khoen°.
- (13) Ya°-°li la° thien laung° °khau-°i khoen° too-°hau sing °lau nyoeh-liang°, nyih-°li pih-koo° khoen°-kyien° nyih-deu.
- (14) Di°-kuh °siau-noen nyih-°li ’veh khok, dan°-°z ya°-deu doo° khok.
- (15) °Ngoo tsia°-peh yi san-seh kwhe° yang-dien, ’veh hyau° tuh yi °kyi-z wan.
- (16) Kyau° jau°-foo man°-man°-°ts °tseu iung-we° °di-diau ka ‘ah °lau.
- (17) Iung-we° loo° ’veh nyung tuh °soo-°i °ngoo °tshing bih nyung °ling loo°.
- (18) °Ngoo la° bang-°yeu han-deu tsia°-°ts nyan° kwhe° yang-dien iung-we° iau° °ma ih tsak kha-mien°-de °lau s° tsak ngeh-°ts.
- (19) Kha °hau-ts mien°, mien°-bung iau° faung° °hau.
- (20) °Ngoo °tseu tau° mung-°kheu-deu nyung-tsih khak-nyung.
- (21) °Ngoo mung° i-sung °di-kuh mau-bing° i-tuh-°hau va°, yi wo° man°-man° nung we° °hau kuh.
- (22) °Ts-deu, muh, pih, nyien°-de, tsoong-kok nyung soen° dok-su-nyung kuh s° yang °pau-pe°.
- (一) 第個是要緊個請儂勿要忘記.
- (二) 第個小囝飯吃勿落恐怕有毛病.
- (三) 今朝來勿及明朝佬做.
- (四) 兩個人一隻椅子上坐勿落.
- (五) 學生子問先生那裏頭讀起佬那裏頭停.
- (六) 抄淨好之末放拉抽屜裏.
- (七) 種田人已經買之三隻山羊伊個朋友另外還要買四隻.
- (八) 儂應該待攏總人好何况待自家人好呢.
- (九) 盆子佬碗要更加乾淨.
- (十) 儂應該早晨頭動身下半日動身來勿及到個.
- (十一) 儂幾時還撥拉我? 或者今朝下半日或者明朝早晨頭.
- (十二) 我個朋友生病所以要請醫生看看.
- (十三) 夜裏拉天上可以看多化星佬月亮日裏必過看見日頭.
- (十四) 第個小囝日裏勿哭但是夜頭大哭.
- (十五) 我借撥伊三十塊洋錢勿曉得伊幾時還.
- (十六) 叫轎夫慢慢之走因爲第條街狹佬.
- (十七) 因爲路勿認得所以我請別人領路.
- (十八) 我拉朋友壗頭借之廿塊洋錢因爲要買一隻揩面檯佬四隻杌子.
- (十九) 揩好之面面盆要放好.
- (廿) 我走到門口頭迎接客人.
- (廿一) 我問醫生第個毛病醫得好否, 伊話慢慢能會好個.
- (廿二) 紙頭, 墨, 筆, 硯台, 中國人算讀書人個四樣寶貝.
(Translate into Chinese)
- (1) Which is easier, to learn to read Chinese or to learn to write Chinese?
- (2) I told you there was not time to do it; why do you still want to do it?
- (3) Why do you cry? Because I have heard that my friend is dead.
- (4) We will go early to-morrow morning to meet our friends, who have come from abroad.
- (5) Goats like to stand on the tops of the grave mounds.
- (6) You say that this temple is so fine to see, that I want to go more than ever to see it.
- (7) Please, teacher, do not speak so fast. If you will speak more slowly, I can understand.
- (8) If you do not return it immediately, no matter, I can wait two or three days.
- (9) Why did not the pupil come to school? Because he was sick.
- (10) I told the servant to put my clothes in the drawer.
- (11) The Chinese when they eat, use bowls; the foreigners use plates.
- (12) This fan belongs either to the teacher or to the pupil.
- (13) If you want to learn to write you must buy a pen, a piece of ink, and an ink tablet.
- (14) If you borrow money from another person, and do not return it, he will be unhappy.
- (15) I told the driver to stop the carriage at my friend’s house.
- (一) 那裏一樣容易點學讀中國書呢還是學寫中國字.
- (二) 我對儂話來勿及做儂爲啥佬仍舊要做?
- (三) 儂爲啥佬哭? 因爲我聽得我個朋友已經過世哉.
- (四) 明朝早晨頭我伲要去迎接外國來個朋友.
- (五) 山羊歡喜立拉坟山上.
- (六) 儂話第座廟是實蓋好看所以我更加要去看.
- (七) 請先生勿要話來實蓋快, 若然先生話來慢點, 我可以聽得出.
- (八) 若然儂勿是就還勿礙啥, 我可以等兩三日.
- (九) 學生子爲啥佬勿到學堂裏來? 因爲伊生病佬.
- (十) 我叫用人放我個衣裳拉抽屜裏.
- (十一) 中國人吃飯個辰光用碗外國人用盆子.
- (十二) 第把扇子或者是先生個或者是學生子個.
- (十三) 若然儂要學寫字儂總要買一管筆一塊墨佬一個硯台.
- (十四) 若然儂拉別人壗頭借銅錢佬勿還個伊要勿快活.
- (十五) 我叫馬夫停馬車拉我個朋友屋裏.
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