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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]]." | ||
Revision as of 14:59, 13 June 2025
Bemé
Pronunciation
- (Columbé) [wɛn]
Etymology 1
From English go on; compare Jamaican Patois gwaan.
Verb
wan
- to go
- Mi eh wan nyow.
- "I'm going now."
- Mi eh wan nyow.
- (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."
- Im wan bi big eh yong minis ni wal.
- (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.
Alternate forms
Etymology 2
From English want.
Verb
wan
- (transitive) to want
- Yu wan pis bekun?
- "You want a piece of bacon?"
- Yu wan pis bekun?
Etymology 3
From English one.
Numeral
wan
- one
- Wan pis, eh plis.
- "One portion, please."
- Wan pis, eh plis.