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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}}]]''}}; compare [[w:Jamaican Patois|Jamaican Patois]] ''[[wikt:gwaan#Jamaican Creole|gwaan]]''.
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]]."
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* (''[[Columbé]]'') [[Contionary:wen#Etymology 2|wen]]
* (''[[Columbé]]'') [[Contionary:wen#Etymology 2|wen]]
===Etymology 2===
===Etymology 2===
From English ''[[wikt:want#English|want]]''.
From {{der|beme|en|want}}.


====Verb====
====Verb====
'''{{PAGENAME}}'''
'''{{PAGENAME}}'''


# (''transitive'') to want
# {{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 English ''[[wikt:one#English|one]]''.
{{number box|beme|1}}
From {{der|beme|en|one}}.
 
====Numeral====
====Numeral====
'''{{PAGENAME}}'''
'''{{PAGENAME}}'''
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#:: "One portion, please."
#:: "One portion, please."


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