［助動詞］要、想，表示意願。
你欲去無？
Lí beh khì--bô?
你要去嗎？
［副詞］將要、快要。
欲落雨矣。
Beh lo̍h-hōo--ah.
要下雨了。
天欲光矣。
Thinn beh kng--ah.
天要亮了。
［連詞］若是、如果，表示假設。
欲我，早就佮伊變面矣。
Beh guá, tsá tō kah i pìnn-bīn--ah.
要是我，我早就跟他翻臉了。
《臺灣台語常用詞辭典》資料取得日期：20261009
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Hit ê lâng teh bueh(beh)sí--à!
That man is on the point of death. (in articulo mortis)
那個人快要死了！
Guá bueh khì,lí bueh--bô?
I am going, are you going?
我要去，你要嗎？
Bueh bô lo̍h-hōo,tiū-á í-king kuah-liáu--ah./Bueh tsai-iánn i bô lâi,guá tsiū m̄ lâi./Bueh i-sing tī--leh,i tsiū bē sí./Bueh tsai-iánn ē khí-kè,guá tsiū bô ài bē./Bueh tsai-iánn ē hó-thinn,guá tsiū bô gia̍h hōo-suànn lâi.
If it had not rained the rice would be already cut.\If I had known that he was not coming, I would not have come.\If a doctor had been here he would not have died.\If I had known that the price would go up, I would not have sold it.\If I had known the weather would be nice, I would not have brought an umbrella.
若不是下雨，稻子已經割完了/早知道他沒有來，我就不來了/要是醫生在，他就不會死/早知道會漲價，我就不賣/要是知道會放晴，我就不帶雨傘來
《台灣白話基礎語句》
原作者：Ko Chek-hoàn（高積煥）、Tân Pang-tìn（陳邦鎮）
數位化：台語文記憶
數位化與編修：Lîm Bûn-cheng、Tēⁿ Tì-têng、Tân Kim-hoa、Chiúⁿ Ji̍t-êng
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