17.—Moung tou tai a pa. Vai tou ku tai. Tiao ngi choh ta yeh.
18.—Choh tai tiao ta tai tu. Ta tu tiao ta sao pieh tu.
19.—Au lai chieh keh tiung mai ou a mai. Yi lai pai yi lai kung. Moung pa lai kung liang pai ou.
20.—Lai to pieh tê shi tui tu. Vai a pang tê shi. Hang moung koh nai hsüeh hsüeh, ku i a ku i. Koh nai hsüeh hsüeh ghou kuai.
Exercise IX.—SINGLE WORDS.
| 1. | The present. | Nung. |
| 2. | Year. | ‘Hniu. |
| 3. | Time. | Shih. |
| 4. | Warm. | Hsioh. |
| 5. | Yesterday. | Tai nung. |
| 6. | Heaven; day. | Vai. |
| 7. | Consequently. | Chiu. |
| 8. | To fix. | Ting. |
| 9. | Day-time. | Fieh. |
| 10. | Light. | Ka. |
| 11. | Half. | Tang. |
| 12. | To engrave. | Tioh. |
| 13. | Air; breath. | Poung. |
| 14. | Section of time. | Shau. |
| 15. | Cold. | Si. |
| 16. | Snow. | ‘Hliu. |
| 17. | Cool; cold. | Hui. |
| 18. | Hurricane. | ‘Hlioh chiang. |
| 19. | To return. | Tiang. |
| 20. | To rise; get up. | Fa. |
| 21. | Rain. | Nung. |
WORDS COMBINED.
1.—The year before last. Last year. This year. Next year. The year after next. 2.—Last moon. This moon. Next moon.
3.—The weather may be distinguished as cold, hot, cool, warm, windy, clear, snowy.