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* (''[[Columbé]]'') [wɛn] | * (''[[Columbé]]'') [wɛn] | ||
===Etymology 1=== | ===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}}]]''}}; compare [[w:Jamaican Patois|Jamaican Patois]] ''[[wikt:gwaan#Jamaican Creole|gwaan]]''. | ||
====Verb==== | ====Verb==== | ||
'''{{PAGENAME}}''' | '''{{PAGENAME}}''' | ||
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#: ''Yu '''wan''' pis bekun?'' | #: ''Yu '''wan''' pis bekun?'' | ||
#:: "You want a piece of bacon?" | #:: "You want a piece of bacon?" | ||
===Etymology 3=== | |||
From English ''[[wikt:one#English|one]]''. | |||
====Numeral==== | |||
'''{{PAGENAME}}''' | |||
# one | |||
#: '''''Wan''' pis, eh plis.'' | |||
#:: "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]] | ||
Revision as of 09:03, 25 May 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.