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be [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: be bøe [[...]][i#] [p.]

cannot, will not, expresses simple future improbability inherent in the nature of the subject, precedes an adjective to negate an undesirable quality like bitter or painful, the negative of "e"

不,不會

• Goar be kviaf (aekhuxn, zhuietaf, iaw). [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar be kviaf (aix'khuxn, zhuix'taf, iaw). Goar bøe kviaf (aix'khuxn, zhuix'taf, iaw). [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I am (was) not afraid. (sleepy, thirsty, hungry)
  我不怕(睏,口渴,餓)。

• Goar khvoax, be løqho. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar khvoax, be løh'ho. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I don't think it will rain.
  我看,不會下雨。

• Niaw be kor'mngg, kao be ka niawchie. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Niaw be kox'mngg, kao be ka niao'chie. Niaw bøe kox'mngg, kao be ka niao'chie. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Cats do not watch the door, dogs do not catch rats.
  貓不會看門,狗不會捉老鼠。

• Cymmar lie e aix khuxn be? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cirm'mar lie e aix khuxn be? [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Are you sleepy now?
  現在你想睡嗎?

• Lie ee thaukhag e thviax be? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie ee thaau'khag e thviax be? [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Do you have a head-ache?
  你的頭會痛嗎?

• Goar zang'axm cyn kvoaa, lie e kvoaa be? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar zafng'axm cyn kvoaa, lie e kvoaa be? Goar zafng'axm cyn kvoaa, lie øe kvoaa bøe? [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I was very cold last night, were you?
  昨晚我很冷,你冷嗎?

bøea øe khie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bea e khie bøea øe khie [[...]][i#] [p.]

able to afford it

買得起

bengpek [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: beeng'pek [[...]][i#] [p.]

clear, distinct, explicit, plain, evident, obvious

明白

• bøo bengpek [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo beeng'pek [[...]][i#] [p.]
  not clear
  不明白

• e bengpek [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: e beeng'pek øe beeng'pek [[...]][i#] [p.]
  can understand
  會明白

• be bengpek [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: be beeng'pek bøe beeng'pek [[...]][i#] [p.]
  cannot understand
  不能明白

bø'høee-bøphøef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'hoee'bøo'phoef bøo'høee-bøo'phøef [[...]][i#] [p.]

didn't communicate by letter, didn't correspond

沒來信

• In'ui bø'høee-bøphøef, bøeq nar øe zaiviar y ti tøh'ui? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Yn'ui bøo'hoee'bøo'phoef, boeq nar e zay'viar y ti tøq'ui? Yn'ui bøo'høee-bøo'phøef, bøeq nar øe zay'viar y ti tøq'ui? [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Because he hasn't, who knows where he is?
  因為沒來信,怎麼知道他在哪裏?

bøta'tit'oaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'taf'tid'oaa [[...]][i#] [p.]

cannot help it , no other recourse

無奈何,不得已

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