18.—Chieh pi ngi tiung. ‘Hlou pi ngi fa.
19.—Mai keh tiung keh ai ou ‘hlia tiung fa sung ou hsia tai.
20.—Au pieh ti tai ku i ‘hlia hao nao chiang liang. Tou ‘hlioh ku i ‘hlia pieh pa chiang.
Exercise XIV.—SINGLE WORDS.
| 1. | Coal. | Mai. |
| 2. | Charcoal. | T’ai. |
| 3. | Firewood. | T’u. |
| 4. | Flour. | Pai. |
| 5. | Oil. | Tiang. |
| 6. | Egg. | Keh. |
| 7. | Sugar. | T’ang. |
| 8. | Salt. | Hsieh. |
| 9. | Coarse. | Sa. |
| 10. | Fine. | Moung. |
| 11. | Broth. | Ou. |
| 12. | Chicken. | Kei. |
| 13. | To eat. | Nêng. |
| 14. | Milk. | Voh. |
| 15. | Fruit. | Chiang. |
| 16. | Vegetables. | Ngau. |
| 17. | To drink. | ‘Hou. |
| 18. | Prepare. | Hao. |
| 19. | Arrange. | Shu. |
| 20. | Remove. | Hsiou. |
| 21. | Ripe. | Hsieh. |
| 22. | Discuss. | Lai. |
| 23. | Picul (133⅓ lbs.) | Tan. |
| 24. | Soup. | Ch’ia. |
| 25. | Rice. | Sai. |
| 26. | To make. | Ai. |
| 27. | Grow. | Lai. |
| 28. | Here. | Ha nung. |
| 29. | There. | Ha moung. |
| 30. | Raw. | Niu. |
| 31. | As well; also. | Niang. |
WORDS COMBINED.
1.—Firewood. Coal and charcoal. 2.—Rice and flour. White sugar. Fowl’s eggs. Cow’s milk. Fruit. 3.—Lamp oil. 4.—Coarse salt. Fine salt. 5.—To cook food. To put food on the table. To clear away, remove (as food).
6.—To eat one’s meals. To drink soup. 7.—I bought yesterday 300 catties of coal, 50 catties of charcoal, 80 catties of firewood, four piculs of rice, and two hundred catties of flour.
8.—Lamp oil is made from the bean. Sweet oil is made from sesame. Lamp oil costs less than sweet oil. 9.—Tiao t’u means to light a fire.