Lesson 8

Words
1 ā èin-bäo to send telegram
2 ā èin-và/ to make telephone call
3 äk-kãn to have leisure time
4 fän to return
5 fän ūk-kī, fän luî-gï to go home
6 to send (mail)
7 ī to give
8 lùk-gün/ army
9 nâi/, nâi-chuî/ where?
10 nguî-ngũn language
11 tẽin/, ngãn/ money
12 ūk-kī home
13 xēh xïn/ to write letter
14 xïn/ letter
15 xüng to present to
16 yëh, hẽin-nêh/ thing

 

Dialogue
1 A: Nï hüi nâi/ ä?
B: Ngöi hüi Lùk-gün/ Nguî-ngũn Hòk-hào. Nï nēh?
A: Ngöi fän luî-gï.
A: Where are you going?
B: I am going to the Army Lanuage School. How about you?
A: I am going home.
2 A: Ngöi ī mōt nï ä?
B: Nï ī tẽin ngöi.
A: What am I giving you?
B: You are giving me money.
3 A: Nï ī m~-ī tẽin/ küi ä?
B: Ī, ngöi ī tẽin/ küi.
A: Are you giving him money?
B: Yes, I am giving him money.
4 A: Nâi göi ī tẽin ngöi nēh?
B: Kêk ī tẽin nï.
A: Who is giving me money?
B: They are giving you money.
5 A: Nêk gï xïn/ ī nâi göi nēh?
B: Ngôi gï xïn/ ī küi.
A: Who are you sending letters to?
B: We are sending a letter to him.
6 A: Küi xēh m~-xēh xïn/ ī nï ä?
B: M~-xēh, küi m~-xēh xïn/ ī ngöi.
A: Is she writing a letter to you?
B: No, she is not writing a letter a me.
7 A: Nï xüng m~-xüng yëh ī ngöi ä?
B: Xüng, ngöi xüng yëh ī nï.
A: Are you giving me a gift?
B: Yes, I am giving you a gift.
8 A: Küi ā m~-ā èin-và/ ī nï ä?
B: M~-ā, küi m~-ā èin-và/ ī ngöi.
A: Does she call you?
B: No, she doesn't call me.
9 A: Nêk ā m~-ā èin-bäo ī küi nēh?
B: Ā, ngôi ā èin-bäo ī küi.
A: Do you (plural) call her?
B: Yes, we call her.
10 A: Nï äk-kãn mä?
B: Ngöi äk-kãn. Nï nēh?
A: Ngöi m~-äk-kãn.
A: Are you busy?
B: I'm not busy. How about you?
A: I'm busy.

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