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==Bemé== | ==Bemé== | ||
===Etymology=== | ====Pronunciation==== | ||
(''[[Bemé#Tak vs kriyal|Bemetak]]'') [[IPA for Bemé|IPA]]: [wan] [wa] | |||
* (''[[Columbé]]'') [wɛn] | |||
===Etymology 1=== | |||
From English {{#if: go on|''[[wikt:go on#English|go on]]''|''[[wikt:{{PAGENAME}}#English|{{PAGENAME}}]]''}}. | From English {{#if: go on|''[[wikt:go on#English|go on]]''|''[[wikt:{{PAGENAME}}#English|{{PAGENAME}}]]''}}. | ||
=== | ====Verb==== | ||
== | |||
'''{{PAGENAME}}''' | '''{{PAGENAME}}''' | ||
# to go | # to go | ||
#: ''Mi eh '''wan''' nyow.'' | |||
#:: "I'm going now." | |||
# (''auxiliary'') expresses future tense; cf. English '''[[wikt:will#English|will]]''' | |||
#: ''Im '''wan''' bi big eh yong minis ni wal.'' | |||
#:: "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 | |||
#: ''Mwoi '''wan''' bi mwoi.'' | |||
#:: "[[wikt:boys will be boys|Boys will be boys]]." | |||
===Etymology 2=== | |||
From English ''[[wikt:want#English|want]]''. | |||
====Verb==== | |||
'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (transitive '''[[Contionary:wanin|wanin]]''') | |||
# (''stative'') to be wanted | |||
#: ''Mi wan bi '''wan'''.'' | |||
#:: "I want to be wanted." | |||
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Revision as of 10:22, 18 May 2025
Bemé
Pronunciation
- (Columbé) [wɛn]
Etymology 1
From English go on.
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.
Etymology 2
From English want.
Verb
wan (transitive wanin)
- (stative) to be wanted
- Mi wan bi wan.
- "I want to be wanted."
- Mi wan bi wan.