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zhorngti [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhoxng'ti [[...]][i#] [p.]

tease, make fun of, make a fool of

捉弄

• Mxthafng zhorngti goar. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: M'thafng zhoxng'ti goar. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Don't make a fool out of me.
  不要捉弄我

• Mxthafng zhorngti lauxtoaxlaang. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: M'thafng zhoxng'ti lau'toa'laang. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Don't make fun of the aged.
  不要捉弄老年人。

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

kvaikvaikiøx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kvay'kvay'kiøx [[...]][i#] [p.]

wail, howl

哀叫

• Kawar kvaikvaikiøx, mxzay sviaflaang ka y zhorngti? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Kao'ar kvay'kvay'kiøx, m'zay sviar'laang ka y zhoxng'ti? [[...]][i#] [p.]
  The dog is wailing, I don't know who is teasing it.
  狗在哀叫,不知是誰在捉弄牠?

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