Plan to
Related: phah-sǹg, but àn-sǹg is used for more concrete, specific, or near-term 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.
Góan àn-sǹg chi̍t-kò goe̍h beh be chi̍t-chheng táⁿ.
We plan to buy a thousand dozen over the month.
Lí àn-sǹg siáⁿ-mi̍h sî-chūn beh khì?
When do you plan to go?
Góa ioh 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.
