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ka [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ka [[...]][i#] [p.]

for, to, from, on. The Taiwanese have a little gimmick in regard to the use of this preposition "ka". The direct object of very many verbs can be placed before the verb and preceded by "ka"

給,跟

• Bøeq ka lie phaq. Bøeq phaq lie. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Boeq ka lie phaq. Boeq phaq lie. Bøeq ka lie phaq. Bøeq phaq lie. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I'll hit you.
  要打你。

• Maix ka y chiøx. Maix chiøx y. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Maix ka y chiøx. Maix chiøx y. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Don't laugh at him.
  不要笑他。

• Bøo aix ka lie zøx. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Bøo aix ka lie zøx. Bøo aix ka lie zøx/zøex. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I won't do it for you.
  不要替你做。不要幫你做。

• Bøo aix ka lie bea. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Bøo aix ka lie bea. Bøo aix ka lie bøea. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I won't buy it for (or from) you.
  不要替你買,不要向你買。

• Maix ka goar zhorngti. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Maix ka goar zhoxng'ti. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Don't make a fool out of me.
  不要作弄我。

• Maix ka y korng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Maix ka y korng. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Don't tell him.
  不要告訴他。

• ka lie ciøq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ka lie ciøq [[...]][i#] [p.]
  borrow from you
  向你借

ka [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ka [[...]][i#] [p.]

bite, gnaw, grit one's teeth (as in pain), to catch (as a cat catches rats), pick up or hold something with the mouth

咬

• Hid ciaq kao e ka laang be? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hid ciaq kao e ka laang be? Hid ciaq kao øe ka laang bøe? [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Does that dog bite?
  那隻狗會咬人嗎?

• Cid ciaq niaw e ka niawchie be? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid ciaq niaw e ka niao'chie be? Cid ciaq niaw øe ka niao'chie bøe? [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Does this cat catch rats?
  這隻貓會抓老鼠嗎?

• Y ka cit ky hwn teq thagzheq. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y ka cit ky hwn teq thak'zheq. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  He is studying with a cigarette (cigar) in his mouth.
  他叼著一根煙在讀書。

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