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==Bemé==
==Bemé==
====Pronunciation====
===Pronunciation===
(''[[Bemé#Tak vs kriyal|Bemetak]]'') [[IPA for Bemé|IPA]]: [wan] [wa]
{{bm-ipa-2|wan|cmb=wɛn}}
* (''[[Columbé]]'') [wɛn]
===Etymology 1===
===Etymology 1===
From English {{#if: go on|''[[wikt:go on#English|go on]]''|''[[wikt:{{PAGENAME}}#English|{{PAGENAME}}]]''}}.
From {{der|beme|en|go on}}; cf. {{mn|jam|gwaan}}.
====Verb====
====Verb====
'''{{PAGENAME}}'''
'''{{PAGENAME}}'''
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#: ''Mi eh '''wan''' nyow.''
#: ''Mi eh '''wan''' nyow.''
#:: "I'm going now."
#:: "I'm going now."
# (''auxiliary'') expresses future tense; cf. English '''[[wikt:will#English|will]]'''
# {{label|beme|auxiliary}} expresses future tense; cf. English '''[[wikt:will#English|will]]'''
#: ''Im '''wan''' bi big eh yong minis ni wal.''
#: ''Im '''wan''' bi big eh yong minis ni wal.''
#:: "He's going to be the youngest president in the world."
#:: "He's going to be the youngest president in the world."
# (''auxiliary'', ''[[w:Fossil word|fossil]]'') to [[wikt:habitually|habitually]] do; exclusively used in the expression ''mwoi wan bi mwoi'' "boys will be boys", making it essentially a fossil word
# {{label|beme|auxiliary|fossil}} to [[wikt:habitually|habitually]] do; exclusively used in the expression ''mwoi wan bi mwoi'' "boys will be boys", making it essentially a fossil word
#: ''Mwoi '''wan''' bi mwoi.''
#: ''Mwoi '''wan''' bi mwoi.''
#:: "[[wikt:boys will be boys|Boys will be boys]]."
#:: "[[wikt:boys will be boys|Boys will be boys]]."
=====Alternate forms=====
* [[Contionary:wa#Etymology 2|wa]]
* (''[[Columbé]]'') [[Contionary:wen#Etymology 2|wen]]
===Etymology 2===
===Etymology 2===
From English ''[[wikt:want#English|want]]''.
From {{der|beme|en|want}}.


====Verb====
====Verb====
'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (transitive '''[[Contionary:wanin|wanin]]''')
'''{{PAGENAME}}'''
 
# {{label|beme|transitive}} to want
#: ''Yu '''wan''' pis bekun?''
#:: "You want a piece of bacon?"
 
===Etymology 3===
{{number box|beme|1}}
From {{der|beme|en|one}}.
 
====Numeral====
'''{{PAGENAME}}'''


# (''stative'') to be wanted
# one
#: ''Mi wan bi '''wan'''.''
#: '''''Wan''' pis, eh plis.''
#:: "I want to be wanted."
#:: "One portion, please."


[[Category:Contionary]] [[Category:Bemé words]] [[Category:Bemé {{lc: Verb}}s]] [[Category:Bemé terms derived from English]]
[[Category:Contionary]] [[Category:Bemé words]] [[Category:Bemé {{lc: Verb}}s]] [[Category:Bemé terms derived from English]] [[Category:Bemé numerals]] [[Category:Bemé cardinal numerals]]

Latest revision as of 10:36, 29 June 2025

Bemé

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From English go on; cf. Jamaican Creole gwaan.

Verb

wan

  1. to go
    Mi eh wan nyow.
    "I'm going now."
  2. (auxiliary) expresses future tense; cf. English will
    Im wan bi big eh yong minis ni wal.
    "He's going to be the youngest president in the world."
  3. (auxiliary, fossil) to habitually do; exclusively used in the expression mwoi wan bi mwoi "boys will be boys", making it essentially a fossil word
    Mwoi wan bi mwoi.
    "Boys will be boys."
Alternate forms

Etymology 2

From English want.

Verb

wan

  1. (transitive) to want
    Yu wan pis bekun?
    "You want a piece of bacon?"

Etymology 3

Bemé numbers (edit)
10
1 2  →  10  → 
    Cardinal: wan
    Ordinal: wanyeh

From English one.

Numeral

wan

  1. one
    Wan pis, eh plis.
    "One portion, please."
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