Senior. So I hear you are studying Manchu, eh? that’s right. Manchu is with us Manchus the first and foremost of essentials; it is to us, in short, what the language spoken in his own part of the country is to a Chinese; so it would never do to be without a knowledge of Manchu, would it?
donjici,
Condit. tense (6) of donjimbi to hear: I hear, but I am not sure, whether it is so
si
thou
te
now
manju
Manchu
bithe
book
tacimbi
Present Tense (2) to learn
sembi
(2) to say, here merely closing the report he heard
umesi
very
sain
good
manju
Manchu
gisun
word, speech
serengge
Future Part. of sembi to say, namely
musei
we, with genitive affix i, of us
manjusai
Manchus, gen. plur. sa-i
ujui first, with genitive affix i
the first of the first
uju first
oyonggo
important
baita
thing, matter
uthai
therefore, it is as
nikasai,
pl. of nikan Chinese (nikasa) with gen. affix i of the Chinese
meni meni
every
ba
place
i
genitive affix
gisun
word, speech
i
genitive affix
adali
alike, similar to
bahanarakūci
Fut. (5) of bahanambi comprehend, with negation akū and oci Conditional (6) of ombi to be, you should know
ombio
Pres. Tense (2) of ombi to be, with interrogative o, will that do?
