Amoy dialect/Complement constructions/simplified
# Amoy dialect/Complement constructions/simplified

## Complement constructions

As the following example shows, Amoy complement constructions roughly parallel Mandarin, with some exceptions (in red).

| particle | English | | | | | | | | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| adverb | He runs quickly. | Amoy | 伊 | 走 | 会 | 紧 | | | | |
| adverb | He runs quickly. | Mandarin | 他 | 跑 | 得 | 快 | | | | |
| adverb | He runs quickly. | English | He | runs | obtains | quick | | | | |
| adverb | He runs very quickly. | Amoy | 伊 | 走 | | 足 | 紧 | | | |
| adverb | He runs very quickly. | Mandarin | 他 | 跑 | 得 | 很 | 快 | | | |
| adverb | He runs very quickly. | English | He | runs | | very | quick | | | |
| adverb | He does not run quickly. | Amoy | 伊 | 走 | 未 | 紧 | | | | |
| adverb | He does not run quickly. | Mandarin | 他 | 跑 | 不 | 快 | | | | |
| adverb | He does not run quickly. | English | He | runs | not | quick | | | | |
| can | He can see. | Amoy | 伊 | 看 | 会 | 着 | | | | |
| can | He can see. | Mandarin | 他 | 看 | 得 | 到 | | | | |
| can | He can see. | English | He | sees | obtains | already achieved | | | | |
| can | He can not see. | Amoy | 伊 | 看 | 未 | 着 | | | | |
| can | He can not see. | Mandarin | 他 | 看 | 不 | 到 | | | | |
| can | He can not see. | English | He | sees | not | already achieved | | | | |
| so | He was so startled, that he could not speak. | Amoy | 伊 | 惊 | 甲 | 话 | 每 | 讲 | 未 | 出来 |
| so | He was so startled, that he could not speak. | Mandarin | 他 | 吓 | 得 | 话 | 都 | 说 | 不 | 出来 |
| so | He was so startled, that he could not speak. | English | He | startled | to the point of | words | also | say | not | come out |

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