See, what did I tell you?

Lí khòaⁿ.  Góa kóng liáu bô m̄-tio̍h8 …

Résumé

Lí-le̍k8-pió, lí-le̍k8-su

I’m gonna go

For speakers of Mandarin Chinese, lâi-khì can be confusing.  Despite its literal meaning of “come-go”, it means “to go”, but it can only be used in the first person (single or plural) future tense.  For example:

Sî-kan í-keng bô chá ah, lán tio̍h8 lâi-khì ah.

It’s getting late, (so) we should be going.

Góa bîn-á-chài beh lâi-khì Thài-kok.

I’m going to go to Thailand tomorrow.

But you can’t say:

*I bîn-á-chài beh lâi-khì Thài-kok.

She’s going to go to Thailand tomorrow.

or

*Góa téng-lé-pài lâi khì Thài-kok.

I went to Thailand last week.

Also, note that the opposite of lâi-khì is bô beh khì :

Góa bîn-á-chài bô beh khì Thài-kok.

I’m not going to Thailand tomorrow.

Greencard

Le̍k-khah

Leave a way out; hold in reserve for use or protection

Lâu chit8-ê aū-po·

Mix in, take in

Lām-chham

Tâi-gú lām-chham tio̍h8 chîaⁿ chōe gōa-lâi gí-giân.

Taiwanese has mixed in a lot of languages from outside Taiwan.

Destroy people’s livelyhoods

Lòng-phòa lâng ê pn̄g-oáⁿ

[Literally: Smash a person's rice bowl]

Profit margin

Lī-sûn khong-kan

Lī-sûn khong-kan bô tōa

Slim profit margin

Metaphorical meaning

Lāi-té ê ì-sù

Really crowded

Lâng chhà lâng