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LESSON V.—General.

1. What does he say?
2. He says he has no money.
3. Give him a little.
4. Can you read?
5. I can't read.
6. Request the teacher to come.
7. What is your honourable name?
8. (To an inferior.) What is your name?
9. Can you talk Chinese?
10. I can.
11. I am a Chinaman.
12. He is an Englishman.
13. You are not a native of the place.
14. He is a man from Swatow.
15. There are plenty of Chinaman at Singapore.
16. Do you like this? (lit. is it good?)
17. Do you like being here?
18. I do (like it).
19. Tell him to go back.
20. Seize this man.
21. Has he been doing anything wrong?
22. He is a thief.
23. What has he stolen?
24. He has stolen nothing just now.
25. Has he struck anybody?
26. He has: he's a dangerous man.
27. He has been doing something wrong.
28. He ought to be punished.
29. Take him to prison for a fortnight.
30. Afterwards give him twenty blows.
31. When he has been beaten, let him go.
32. Warn him not to get into trouble (again).