Call a tailor.
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Kyau ih-kuh ze-voong le.

I want you to make a dress.
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Ngoo iau noong tsoo ih-thau i-zaung.*
* This is the same expression that is used for a suit of clothes.

I want you to make a skirt.
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Ngoo iau noong tsoo ih-diau juin.

I want you to make a bodice.
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Ngoo iau noong tsoo ih-kuh doo-teu.

I want you to make a jacket.
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Ngoo iau noong tsoo ih-jien mo-kwo.

I want you to make a cloak.
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Ngoo iau noong tsoo ih-jien nga-tsau-kuh bau-kwo.

This sleeve is too long; make it shorter.
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Di-kuh zieu-ts thuh dzang; iau tsoo-le toen-tien.

This garment is too tight; make it easier.
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Di-jien i-zaung sung-phe thuh kyung; iau tsoo-le khwen tien.

This is too wide (or loose); make tighter.
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Di-jien i-zaung sung-phe thuh khwen; iau tsoo-le kyung tien.

Make like this pattern.
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Tsau di-kuh yang-suh lau tsoo.

Please bring me samples of native cloth (to let me see).
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Tshing noong tan tien pung-di poo-kuh yang-ts, peh-ngoo khoen-khoen.

Please bring me samples of foreign cloth (to let me see).
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Tshing noong tan tien nga-kok poo-kuh yang-ts, peh ngoo khoen-khoen.

Have you samples of grass cloth?
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Noong yeu ‘au-poo kuh yang-ts va?

What you have of broad and narrow cloth, bring and let me see.
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Soo yeu khweh lau ‘ah kuh poo, zen tan-le nyang ngoo khoen-khoen.

When can you finish it?
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Kyi-z khau-i tsoo-hau? (or tsoo-tuh-hau).

I want you to do it quicker.
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Ngoo iau noong khwa-tien tsoo.

Can you finish it this week?
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La di-kuh li-pa li, tsoo-tuh hau va?

This week it is impossible to finish.
??????, ?????
La di-kuh li-pa li, le-’veh-ji tsoo-hau.

Then next week certainly must finish.
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Keh-meh ‘au-kuh li-pa, ih-ding iau tsoo-hau.

How much will it cost to make these clothes?
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Di-jien i-zaung tsoo-koong sa ka-dien?

You ask too big a price.
???????.
Noong thau-kuh ka-dien thuh kyui.

Yes (or all right), I can pay you this price.
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Hau-kuh, ngoo khau-i peh noong di-kuh ka-dieh.

Why have you not done as I told you?
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We-sa ’veh tsau ngoo kau-soo noong-kuh yang-ts lau tsoo?

You have done very well. When I have more work I shall want you to do it (lit., and another time I will want you to do work.)
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Noong tsoo-le ’man-hau; ‘au-we ngoo wan iau noong tsoo.