Sir, may I ask your age? [polite].
先生貴庚
Sien-sang kwe-kang?
How old are you? [ordinary].
儂幾歲
Noong kyi soe?
I am thirty years old [polite form].
虛度三十歲
Hyui doo san-seh soe.
I am thirty years old. [ordinary].
我三十歲
Ngoo san-seh soe.
To-day is cold.
今朝是冷
Kyung-tsau z lang.
To-day is very warm.
今朝蠻暖熱
Kyung-tsau ’man noen-nyih.
To-day is hot.
今朝頂熱
Kyung-tsau ting nyih.
There is much wind to-day.
今朝風大
Kyung-tsau foong doo.
It is raining to-day.
今朝落雨
Kyung-tsau lauh-yui.
It is beautiful weather to-day.
今朝天氣蠻好
Kyung-tsau thien-chi ’man-hau.