Iupien-kiok
Post office

1. Iupien-kiok ( iupiexnkiok ) ti tøfui ?

( Where is the post office ? )

2. Iupien-kiok lii ciaf bøo-joaxhng .

( The post office isn't very far from here . )

3. Cit’nngxtviw phøef lie theqkhix kiax .

( Take these two letters and post them. )

4. Zef si bøeq kiarkhix tøfui ?

( Where are they to be posted to ? )

5. Cidtviw si bøeq kiarkhix Engkog , cidtviw bøeq kiarkhix Bykog .

( One is going to mail to England, and one is to America . )

6. Siensvy, goar karm tiøqaix bøea iuphiøx ?

( Should I buy any stamps, Sir ? )

7. Tiøh. Tiøqaix bøea nngxtviw zap-khof ee iuphiøx kaq kuytviw

Pøeq-kag`ee.

( Yes, need to buy two of ten dollar's stamps and several 80 cent ones. )

8. Ciaf u jixzabgo-khof. Lie theh`khix. Liawau tiøh kirn tngr`laai .

( There are twenty-five dollars. Take it and come back soon when you done. )

9. Goar iawkøq bøeq khix bøea taxmpøqar miqkvia .

( I want to do a little shopping too . )

10. Siensvy, Lie tiøh ze svaliern-chiaf khix khaq-hør .

( You'd better take a pedicab, Sir . )

11. Goar khix kiøx cidtaai .

( I'll go and call one. )

12. Oea ! Tah svaliern-chiaf`ee !

( Hey ! Pedicab man ! )

13. Khix zhaechixar tiøh joaxzøe cvii ?

( How much does it take to go to market ? )

14. Bøeq khix tøfui ? Goar thviaf bøo lie si bøeq khix tøfui .

( Where ? I don't understand where are you going ? )

15. Khix chixtviuu. Thviaf u`bøo ?

( To the market. Do you understand ? )

16. Six-khof giin .

( Four dollars . )

17. Siekhof, Sviw-kuix. Svaf-khof karm bøeq khix`bøo ?

( Four dollars is too expensive. Will you go for three dollars ? )

18. M`aq. Zhaechixar lii ciaf cyn-hng .

( No. I won’t. The market is quite far away from here . )

19. Tuix tøfui khix ? ( Bøeq afnzvoar khix ? )

( How does one go there ? )

20. Tuix ciaf khix, kviaa kaux høefchiaf-thaau .

( From here you go till you get to the railway station. )

21. Oad cviarchiuo-peeng, tiøqkøq kviaa cyn-kuo ciaq øe kaux.

( Turn to the right, and have to go further for quite some time, and there you are . )

22. Six-khof bøexkuix.

( Four dollars isn’t too high . )

23. Hør`laq. Larn tvaf laikhix, Kviaa.

( All right then, let’s go . )

23. Chixtviuu kaux`laq .

( Here we are at the market . )

25. Chviar lie thernghau`cide . ( tarn`cide )

( Please wait a moment . )

26. Gubaq cidkyn joaxzøe cvii ?

( How much is beef per catty ? )

27. Cidpong si goxzabji-khof . Na cidkyn tø pie zabchid-khof svaf

Khaq-kef cidsut'ar .

( $ 52 a poud; if you buy one catty, then it's a little bit more than $ 17.30 . )

28. Cidkyn na si lagzabkao-khof svaf ee sii, goxkyn tøxsi svapaq-

siezablak-khof pvoax .

( If it is $ 69.30 per catty, five catties will then be $ 346.50. )

29. Siensvy, køh'aix symmih`bøo ?

( Do you want anything else, Sir ? )

30. Ciuo cidkoaxn, pviar nngxap( nngxah) kab gulefng pvoartvar .

( A bottle of wine, two boxes of sweet biscuits and half a dozen of milk .)

31. Lofngzorng si goxpaq-jixzab'id-khof pvoax .

( Altogether, $ 521.50. )

32. Ciaf u goxpaq-jixzabgo-khof . Mxbiern zau laq.

( Here is $ 525. Don’t bother with the change . )

33. Tøsia lie !

( Thank you. )

34. Tvaf bøeq khix tøfui ?

( Now where do you want to go ? )

35. Tngr`khix.

( Go back . )

36. Tngfkhix tøfui ?

( Go back to where ? )

37. Taipag lwkoarn. Oea, køq thernghau`cide.

( Taipei Hotel. Oh, wait again a bit . )

38. Goar bøeq bøea goxpaw hwn kab nngxah hoan'afhøea .

( I''d like to buy 5 packs of cigarettes and 2 boxes of matches . )

39. Lorng ti ciaf. Lofngzorng si jixzap-khof .

( Here they all are. Altogether is $ 20 .)

40. Tøsia ! Tøsia ! ( Cviaa-tøsia ! )

( Thank you very much. )

41. Siensvy aq ! Lie tiøh ketheh cidkoar ho goar. Goar thernghau lie

Cyn-kuo.

( Oh, Sir ! I need a little extra, I’ve waited for you for a long time. )

42. zab'id, zab'ji, zabsvaf, zabsix, zabgo,

( eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, )

43. zablak, zabchid, zabpøeq, zabkao, jixzap.

( sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty )

44. keatheeng-chiaf

( taxi )