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LESSON VIII
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Possessive Verb.
As the verb sĩ denotes chiefly that something exists or is, so ũ denotes possession. It is often used interchangeably with sĩ, and is often combined with it. Thus, i sĩ ũ, he is in possession of, or, emphatically, he has.
Ũ, to have; to possess; to have existence, and, hence, sometimes to be; is; e.g. tie̍h ũ-nâng chãu--i, chiàⁿ õi-tit-ũ, there must be some one to make it, and then it will have, or possess existence..
- ũ a-bô,
- have you or not?
- úa ũ,
- I have.
- úa m̄-chêng-ũ,
- I have not.
- lṳ́ ũ,
- you have.
- i ũ,
- he has.
- ũ-lí,
- has a reason; is reasonable.
- ũ-ēng,
- has a use; is useful.
- ũ-sṳ̄,
- has business.
- ũ-lói-mãu,
- has good breeding.
- būe-ũ,
- not yet has, or has had.
- būe-chêng-ũ,
- have not yet had.
- bũ-pit-ũ,
- certainly has.
- m̄-chêng-ũ,
- I have not had.
- bô-mih-ũ,
- have not much.
- tie̍h-ũ,
- certainly have, has, or must have.
- ũ-sî-ũ, ũ-sî-bô,
- sometimes have, and sometimes have not.
- só-ũ kâi mue̍h-kiãⁿ,
- the things which he has.
- ũ-kâi-hó, ũ-kâi m̄-hó,
- some are good, some are bad.
- ũ-kâi put-piẽn,
- some things are not expedient.
- hûan-iáu-ũ,
- there are still more.
- hũam-só-ũ,
- all which he has.
- i-ũ-ngṳ̂n,
- he has money.
- lṳ́ ũ phêng-an a-bô,
- are you at rest or not?
- lãi--tang ũ,
- inside have got.
- lãi-tói ũ,
- inside„ have„ got.„
- hán-ũ,
- seldom have.
- ũ chōi-chié,
- there are more or less.
- ũ ke-kâi a-bô,
- are there any more?
- i ũ, úa bô,
- he has I have not.
- i ũ sĩ-mih-pēⁿ,
- what disease has he?
- chiè-i só-ũ,
- according to what he has.