Contionary:wan: Difference between revisions

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(Bemetak) IPA: [wan] [wa]

From English go on.

wan

to go
Mi eh wan nyow.
"I'm going now."
(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."
(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."

From English want.

wan

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 ====Verb====
-'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (transitive '''[[Contionary:wanin|wanin]]''')
+'''{{PAGENAME}}'''
-# (''stative'') to be wanted
+# (''transitive'') to want
-#: ''Mi wan bi '''wan'''.''
+#: ''Yu '''wan''' pis bekun?''
-#:: "I want to be wanted."
+#:: "You want a piece of bacon?"
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