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==Bemé== | ==Bemé== | ||
===Pronunciation=== | ===Pronunciation=== | ||
{{bm-ipa-2|wan|cmb=wɛn}} | |||
===Etymology 1=== | ===Etymology 1=== | ||
From | 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." | ||
# | # {{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." | ||
# | # {{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]]." | ||
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* (''[[Columbé]]'') [[Contionary:wen#Etymology 2|wen]] | * (''[[Columbé]]'') [[Contionary:wen#Etymology 2|wen]] | ||
===Etymology 2=== | ===Etymology 2=== | ||
From | From {{der|beme|en|want}}. | ||
====Verb==== | ====Verb==== | ||
'''{{PAGENAME}}''' | '''{{PAGENAME}}''' | ||
# | # {{label|beme|transitive}} to want | ||
#: ''Yu '''wan''' pis bekun?'' | #: ''Yu '''wan''' pis bekun?'' | ||
#:: "You want a piece of bacon?" | #:: "You want a piece of bacon?" | ||
===Etymology 3=== | ===Etymology 3=== | ||
From | {{number box|beme|1}} | ||
From {{der|beme|en|one}}. | |||
====Numeral==== | ====Numeral==== | ||
'''{{PAGENAME}}''' | '''{{PAGENAME}}''' | ||
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#:: "One portion, please." | #:: "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]] | ||