Lesson 5

Words
1 ä final particle
2 bän-fông/ classroom
3 gän MW
4 hāk-bān blackboard
5 hòk-hào school
6 hòk-säng student
7 m˜-göi, m˜-göi thank you, excuse me, pardon me, much obliged
8 m˜-sōi to need not, it is unnecessary
9 final particle
10 mäo to have not, there isn't
11 mõn door
12 ngöi I, me
13 tẽng wall
14 töng window
15 ūk house, home
16 xëin-säng teacher, Mr., sir
17 yiü to have, there is

 

Dialogue
1 A: Nï hāo mä?
B: Ngöi hāo, nï nēh?
A: Ngöi hāo hāo.

A: How are you?
B: I'm fine. And you?
A: I'm fine, too.

2 A: Kôi yīt gän hâi m˜-hâi hòk-hào?
B: Hâi, kôi yīt gän hâi hòk-hào?
A: Is this a school?
B: Yes, it is.
3 A: Nêin yīt gän hòk-hào yiü mäo bän-fông/ ä?
B: Yiü, nêin yīt gän hòk-hào yiü bän-fông/.
A: Does that school have classrooms?
B: Yes, that school has classrooms.
4 A: Kôi yīt gän bän-fông/ yiü mäo xëin-säng ä?
B: Mäo, kôi yīt gän bän-fông/ mäo xëin-säng.
A: Does this classroom have a teacher?
B: No, this classroom does not have a teacher.
5 A: Nêin yīt gän bän-fông/ yiü mäo hāk-bān ä?
B: Yiü, nêin yīt gän bän-fông/ yiü hāk-bān.
A: Does that classroom have a blackboard?
B: Yes, that classroom has a blackboard.
6 A: Kôi yīt gän bän-fông/ yiü hòk-säng mäo nēh?
B: Mäo, kôi yīt gän bän-fông/ mäo hòk-säng.
A: Does this classroom have students?
B: No, this classroom does not have any students.
7 A: Nêin yīt gän ūk yiü tẽng mäo nēh?
B: Yiü, nêin yīt gän ūk yiü tẽng.
A: Does that house have a wall?
B: Yes, that house has a wall.
8 A: Kôi yīt gän ūk yiü töng mä?
B: Mäo, kôi yīt gän ūk mäo töng.
A: Does this house have windows?
B: No, this house does not have windows.
9 A: Nêin yīt gän ūk yiü mõn mä?
B: Yiü, nêin yīt gän ūk yiü mõn.
A: Does that house have doors?
B: Yes, that house has doors.
10 A: M˜-göi, m˜-göi.
B: M˜-sōi m˜-göi.
A: Thank you.
B: No need to thank me.

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