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Ài … (tioh) ài / pit-su ài - In order to …, one has to …
Àn … lâi khòaⁿ - From (the view of …) / according to / based on
Àn chiàu … lâi khòaⁿ - From (the view of …) / according to / based on
Àn-chóaⁿ - How / in what manner
Àn-chóaⁿ … (aǹ-chóaⁿ …) - However / whatever
Àn -nóaⁿ - How / in what manner
Àn-sî - According to schedule / on schedule / at the scheduled time
In order to … , it’s necessary to … / if one wants to … , one has to …
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Ài khôan-iû sè-kài, tio̍h ài ke khiām chi̍t-su̍t-á chîⁿ.
If you want to travel around the world, you’ll have to save more money.
How / in what manner
[Note: some texts and dictionaries write àn-chóaⁿ as án-chóaⁿ.]
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Góa aǹ-choáⁿ kiò i, i lóng bô chhut siaⁿ, tìⁿ m̄ chai.
No matter how I called him, he didn’t make a sound, and pretended that he didn’t know.
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Án-ne, àn-nóaⁿ ū pān-hoat chin kín lâi kái-koat chit ê būn-tê leh?
Well then, how are we going to solve this problem effectively?
However / whatever
[Note: some texts and dictionaries write àn-chóaⁿ as án-chóaⁿ.]
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Lí àn-chóaⁿ kóng, i tio̍h àn-chóaⁿ chò.
Whatever you say, she does.
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I nā m̄-thiaⁿ, àn-chóaⁿ kóng mā bô chhái-kang.
He doesn’t want to listen, so whatever you say will be of no use.
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Lí àn-chóaⁿ cháu to cháu bē iâⁿ i.
No matter what you do you’ll never out-run him.
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Góa àn-nóaⁿ kóng to sī góa m̄-ti̍oh!
No matter what I say I’m the one at fault.
From (the view of …) / according to / based on
[Related: Àn chiàu ... lâi khòaⁿ]
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Nā-chún àn tē-khu lâi khòaⁿ, Hui-chiu, Ìn-tō∙, kap Tiong-tang sī tùi lo̍h-bóe sǹg–lâi pâi-miâ chêng saⁿ miâ ê sò·-ūi lo̍k-hiō-tē-khu.
If you look by region, Africa, India, and the Middle East rank first through third-worst among “digitally-underdeveloped” areas.
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Àn sè-kài kok bûn-bêng ê hoat-tián le̍k-sú lâi khòaⁿ, keng-chè ê hoat-tián, bîn-chú-hòa ū chin bi̍t-chhiat ê koan-hē.
From the history of the development of each of the world’s civilizations, we can see that economic development and democratization are closely related.
According to schedule / on schedule / at the scheduled time
Chit khoán ke-si ē àn-sî hā-chài sin ê lōe-iông.
This kind of tool can download new content according to a set schedule.
(zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcasting)
Tān-sī I sî-siông ēng I só· chò ê hó-sū lâi hián-sī I ê pún-sèng: chiū-sī tùi thiⁿ-téng kàng-hō·, àn-sî hō· lâng siu-sêng; siúⁿ-sù lín chia̍h-niû, hō· lín ê sim chhiong-móa hí-lo̍k.
Yet he has not left himself without demonstration of his own nature: He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons; he provides you with plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy. (Acts 14:17)
Plan to
[Related: phah-sǹg, but àn-sǹg is used for more concrete / specific / "plannable" things]
Lân sím-mi̍h sî beh tńg khì, lóng mā bô hoat-tō· àn-sǹg。
There’s no way to tell what time we’ll return.
Góa iò· i àn-sǹg thiaⁿ-chiòng kóng Hôa-gí khah chē, iá-sī kiaⁿ ū lâng thiaⁿ-bô, soah lâi iōng Hôa-gí.
I guess that he planned on more people in the audience speaking Mandarin, or feared that some people wouldn’t understand, so in the end he used Mandarin.
