What hour in the morning to begin?
早晨幾點鐘起頭
Tsau-zung kyi tien-tsoong chi-deu?
From seven to eight o’clock.
七點鐘到八點鐘
Tshih tien-tsoong tau pah tien-tsoong.
Can you come earlier?
儂能彀早點來否
Noong nung-keu tsau-tien le va?
What hour is most convenient?
啥時候頂便當
Sa z-’eu ting bien-taung.
How much a month do you wish?
每月儂要幾化薪水
’Me nyoeh noong iau kyi-kau sing-soe?
If each day [we] study one hour [I] want eight dollars.
若是每日讀一點鐘要八塊洋錢
Zak-z ’me nyih dok ih tien-tsoong iau pah-khwe yang-dien.
What book do you think I should study?
儂想讀啥个書
Noong siang dok sa-kuh su?
To aspirate is important.
出風是要緊个
Tsheh-foong z iau-kyung kuh.
Read it over again.
再讀一遍
Tse dok ih-pien.
[To teacher] Should I learn to write the characters?
儂想我要學寫中國字否
Noong siang ngoo iau ’auh sia Tsoong-kok z va?