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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]]." | ||