1.--Head. Queue. Ear. Eye. Nose. Mouth. In the mouth. The lips. The beard. Arm. Finger. Nail. Back and legs. 2.--Robust. Weak. 3.--Pulling. Hauling at. To haul with great effort. To tear or injure in clutching hold of. 4.--Connected, consecutively. 5.--To be ill. Very sore. Strange.
6.--A man’s head has brains inside it, and is therefore called a head-bag.
8.--When a man is old, he can neither see well nor see clearly. 9.--That man has a very odd-looking nose. 10.--This man is very strong. That man is very weak.
11.--Have you anything the matter with you? I am weak, but not ill. 12.--In these five or six years that you and I have not met, your beard has turned quite white. I have been sadly ailing for some years.
13.--That man who is lying on the road has both legs broken. 14.--To have something the matter with the back that makes it impossible for one to stand upright. 15.--Do you move so slowly because you have something the matter with you? No; it is age which makes me weak in the back and limbs.
16.--He has something the matter with his tongue, and his mouth and lips are broken out.
17.--It may be said that eating and speaking both are of the mouth. 18.--That woman’s nails were so long that when she clutched hold of his arm they tore it. 19.--My finger is sore. 20.--What animals are used to draw carts? They may be drawn by mules, donkeys, or horses.
21.--_Toh_ means to pull hard with the hand. Pull the door fast to. He pulled and hauled at me.
1--Koh. Mi. Ngi. Mai. Pao nüeh. Lo. Lo keh tiung. Pou lo. Hsieh nieh. Kou. Ta pi. Kang pi. ‘Hla pa. 2.--Mai^1 go. Mai^4 go. 3.--‘Hlioh. Toh. ‘Hlioh toh. Wa ni. 4.--‘Ha. 5.--Mai mang. Mang kuai. Lo hsüeh.
6.--Nai koh keh tiung mai ‘hlui, chiu koh koh tou.
7.--Moung pieh chiao mi nung sung ou hsia.
8.--Nai lu, ngi tang a ghou, mai tou ngieh a vai. 9.--Tai nai moung pieh pao nüeh mai lo hsüeh. 10.--Tai nai nung mai^1 go. Tai nai ai mai^4 go kuai.
11.--Moung chiao chieh mai mang a mai. A mai mang. Vai chiao chieh mai^4 go. 12.--Pieh chia tiu ‘hniu a pang, moung pieh hsieh nieh tou ‘hluh yeh. Vai pieh chiao chieh mai mang nia tiu.
13.--Tiu ka keh vai lai nai pang ai au pa tou ni yeh. 14.--Ka ‘hla mai mang fa a lei loh. 15.--Moung kai shi keh keh ‘hei, chiao chieh mang a mang. A tiao; tiao nai lu yeh, ‘hla pa tou a ghou.