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In this exercise (a simple dialogue between two boys) only a few tonal clues and other hints have been highlighted. See if you can manage to read it.
Charbei .de Bei tzeem shiee .ya?
- Jea: Ge, Jonggwo tzyh jen ma.farn, woo jih.der kuay, wanq.der yee kuay, nii yeou sherm hao
fartz
.ma?
- Yii: Woo.men laoshy shuo shyue yi g tzyh, inggai shian jih jey g tzyh .de buhshoou, biifang shuo Hwu jey g tzyh yeou
sandean-shoel,
yidinq gen shoei yeou guan.shih, Lin jey g tzyh sh Muh
tzyhparngl,
yidinq gen shuh.muh yeou guan.shih.
- Jea: Jeh jen yeou yih.sy, shianntzay woo tsair ming.bair weysherm Chy gen He dou sh Koou tzyhparngl.
- Yii: Dangran .le, yawsh mei yeou
tzoei,
tzeem chy, tzeem he .a?
- Jea: Keesh charbei .de Bei
tzell,
weysherm sh Muh tzyhparngl .ne? Woo tsornglai mei jiann.guoh muh.tour tzuoh .de beitz.
- Yii: Nii jen benn, tzeem lian jey g dou buh doong? Nii kann Bei jey g tzyh,
yihbial
sh Muh, yihbial sh Buh. Yih.sy jiowsh shuo beitz bwush muh.tour tzuoh .de!
Adapted from Colloquial Chinese
© PC T'ung & DE Pollard 1983
Reproduced with authors' permission
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