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LESSON VIII
13
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.