Lesson 3
Note: Lesson 3 and all following lessons are adopted from the lessons in the Army Language Institute (ALI). These lessons are now in the Public Domain. The Romanization used by the ALI has been modernized and explained in the Introduction. Obvious errors in ALI have been corrected. Dialogues were translated into English by Gene M. Chin.
| Words | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | âng | chair |
| 2 | bīt | pen |
| 3 | bù/ | notebook, exercise book |
| 4 | dāo-sĩn | good morning |
| 5 | dàp-jï/ | magazine |
| 6 | döi-gëin | good-bye! to see you again! |
| 7 | hâi | is, are, am, were, was |
| 8 | hôi/ | table, desk |
| 9 | jī | paper |
| 10 | kôi nāi | these, this |
| 11 | kôi yīt | this one |
| 12 | kûng nāi | those, that |
| 13 | kûng yīt | that one |
| 14 | mōt | what? what kind? |
| 15 | nâi nāi | which? |
| 16 | nêin nāi | those, that |
| 17 | nêin yīt | that one |
| 18 | sï | book |
| 19 | và-bäo/ | magazine |
| 20 | yī | chair |
| Dialogue | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A: Dāo-sĩn, dāo-sĩn. B: Dāo-sĩn, dāo-sĩn. |
A: Good morning. B: Good morning. |
| 2 | A: Kôi nāi hâi mōt-yëh? B: Kôi nāi hâi sï |
A: What are these (things)? B: These are books. |
| 3 | A: Nêin nāi hâi mōt-yëh? B: Nêin nāi hâi bīt. |
A: What are those (things)? B: Those are pens. |
| 4 | A: Kôi nāi hâi mōt? B: Kôi nāi hâi bù/. |
A: What are these? B: These are notebooks. |
| 5 | A: Nêin nāi hâi mōt? B: Nêin nāi hâi âng. |
A: What are those? B: Those are chairs. |
| 6 | A: Nâi nāi hâi jī? B: Nêin nāi hâi jī? |
A: Which are paper? B: Those are paper. |
| 7 | A: Nâi nāi hâi hôi/? B: Kôi nāi hâi hôi/? |
A: Which are tables? B: These are tables. |
| 8 | A: Kôi nāi hâi mōt? B: Kôi nāi hâi dàp-jï/. |
A: What are these? B: These are magazines. |
| 9 | A: Döi-gëin, döi-gëin. B: Döi-gëin, döi-gëin. |
A: Good bye. B: Good bye. |
