Possessive

Possessive

• In Taiwanese, the common possessive article is ee 🔊 (的^†).

  • Goar ee zheq 🔊

    My book

• ee can also appear at the end of the sentence, after a grave accent, for emphasis, or linking a modifier/adjective:

  • Zef si hør`ee, hef si phvae`ee 🔊

    This one is good, that one is bad

    be-zhaix`ee 🔊

    The one who sells vegetables

    Hoef si aang`ee 🔊

    The flower is red.

Homophone

• another meaning of ee, written 个, is a generic classifier

  • Nng ee laang 🔊

    Two persons.