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	sái.
To	cause;	to send; to effect; to use.
	sái	kàu.
To	cause	that; to bring to pass.
	sái	i-khṳ̀.
	Send	him to go, i.e. send him.
hó	sái	ēng.
Suitable to make	use	of.
khṳt-nâng	sái	ēng.
Be by people	used,	i.e. be used by people.
sĩ i-só	sái	kâi.
That which he	caused;	or sent.
sĩ thiⁿ só	sái	kâi.
That which heaven	caused	to come about.
àiⁿ	sái	bô-ēng.
Wish to	use	it but it is of no use.
chí-kâi-ngṳ̂n oh	sái.
This silver is hard to	pass.
chí-kâi-ngṳ̂n	sái	m̄-khṳ̀.
This silver won’t	pass.
	sái	chiũ-liáu.
	Caused;	effected; brought to pass.
bô-chîⁿ hó	sái.
No money to	spend.
chîⁿ	sái	būe-liáu m̄-khéng khṳ̀ chò khang-khùe.
His money not being all	spent,	he is not willing to go and work.
i m̄-káⁿ-khṳ̀ uan-in bô-chîⁿ hó	sái.
He dare not go because he has no money that he may	spend.
a-sĩ chîⁿ hó	sái	i chiũ-káⁿ.
If he has money that he may	spend	he then will dare to.
chí-kâi-ngṳ̂n hó	sái	a m̄-hó?
This money, will it	pass	or not?

If the learner finds this method of treating words advantageous, he can extend it to auxiliaries and particles such as, chiũ, then; thereupon; tie̍h, accomplished; effected; hó, good; well; may, and any others.

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