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Rh Substantive Verb.


 * sĩ,
 * is; am; are; yes; denotes entity, existence.


 * úa sĩ,
 * I am.


 * lṳ́ sĩ,
 * you are.


 * i sĩ,
 * he is.


 * ún sĩ; nán sĩ,
 * we are.


 * nín sĩ,
 * you are.


 * i téng sĩ; in sĩ,
 * they are.


 * úa m̄-sĩ,
 * I am not.


 * lṳ́ m̄-sĩ,
 * you are not.


 * i m̄-sĩ,
 * he is not.


 * i sĩ-nâng,
 * he is a man.


 * i sĩ-tõ-chhân,
 * he is in the field.


 * i sĩ-tōa,
 * he is large.


 * i sĩ Tn̂g-nâng,
 * he is a Chinaman.


 * úa sĩ Sai-kok-nâng,
 * I am a Western man.


 * i sĩ hó-nâng,
 * he is a good man.


 * sĩ úa-kâi,
 * (it) is mine.


 * sĩ-hó,
 *  well.


 * sĩ chièⁿ-seⁿ,
 *  so.


 * sĩ hièⁿ-seⁿ,
 *  like that.


 * sĩ kak-nâng kâi sṳ̄,
 * (it) is each one’s business.


 * sĩ, mé?
 * is (it) so?


 * sĩ a-m̄-sĩ?
 * is (it) so or not?


 * i sĩ chûn-chú,
 * he is a ship captain.


 * i sĩ ba̍k-kang-nâng,
 *   carpenter.


 * i sĩ sai-pẽ,
 *   master mechanic.


 * i sĩ ui-seng,
 *   physician.


 * úa sĩ i-kâi a-hiaⁿ,
 * I am his elder brother.


 * úa sĩ i-kâi tī-chṳ́,
 * I am his pupil.


 * i sĩ tõiⁿ-it-hó kâi-nâng,
 * he is a first-rate man.


 * sĩ kong-sṳ̄,
 * (it) is a public affair.


 * sĩ sai-sṳ̄,
 *   private affair.


 * sĩ-kṳ̃n,
 *  near.


 * sĩ-hñg,
 *  far off.


 * sĩ-kûiⁿ,
 *  high.


 * sĩ-kẽ,
 *  low.


 * sĩ-chhim,
 *  deep.


 * sĩ-chhién,
 *  shallow.


 * sĩ-khuah,
 *  broad.


 * sĩ-o̍ih,
 *  narrow.