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LESSON XXVIII (CONTINUED).
Potential.
Equivalents for may, can, ought, must, necessary, requisite, permissible, &c.
- õi,
- may, or can. bõi, cannot.
- õi-tit,
- can. bõi-tit, cannot.
- lêng,
- can; able to.
- hó; khó,
- well, may, or can; permissible.
- eng-kai; ngî-eng-kai,
- must; ought; necessary.
- jīm,
- allow; tolerate.
- chún,
- to assent; to permit.
- tie̍h-àiⁿ; tie̍h-ũ,
- must have.
- pit-su-tie̍h,
- indispensable.
- khói-íⁿ,
- proper; will do.
- m̄-hó,
- not allowable. put-khó, may or must not be,
- put-chún,
- not consented to.
- put-jīm,
- not allow it.
- put-chhiet-iàu; bô-chhiet-iàu,
- important; not important.
- iông,
- it is allowable.
- õi-tit-ũ,
- can have.
- õi-tit-bô,
- can do without.
- kang-hu chò-tit-khṳ̀,
- the work can be done, (lit. can make it go).
- kang-hu chò-tit-lâi,
- the work can be done.
- àiⁿ m̄ chiũ-hó,
- if you wish not to, then you may (not).
- lṳ́ m̄-àiⁿ õi-tit m̄-àiⁿ,
- if you do not wish it, you can (be at liberty not to wish it).
- àiⁿ m̄, õi-tit-m̄,
- if you wish not to, you need not.
- m̄-àiⁿ, chò-lṳ́ m̄-àiⁿ,
- if you don’t want to, then be it as you “don't want to.”
- m̄-àiⁿ, bô-khṳt-lṳ́ m̄-àiⁿ,
- you don't want it, but it is not allowed to you not to want it.
- õi lîn-chò-tit,
- it may or will do.
- bõi-tit iû-lṳ́-m̄,
- it cannot be (decided) from your disinclination, i.e. you cannot have your way.
- bõi-tit pun-lṳ́ m̄,
- it as not alowed you not to, i.e. you can't refrain.
- õi m̄-kìⁿ-khṳ̀,
- it can be not seen, i.e. lost sight of.
- m̄ eng-kai chò,
- it is not necessary to do.
- m̄-eng-kai chò--kâi,
- a thing not necessary to be done.
- õi-chò-sṳ̄,
- it will work; will operate.
- õi-sêng-sṳ̄,
- will work; will accomplish something.
- khó-íⁿ chièⁿ-seⁿ lâi-phah-sǹg,
- you may thus and so decide.
