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Rh 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,


 * 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.