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# to go | # to go | ||
#: | #: {{n-g|Mi eh '''wan''' nyow.}} | ||
#:: "I'm going now." | #:: "I'm going now." | ||
# {{label|beme|auxiliary}} expresses future tense; cf. English '''[[wikt:will#English|will]]''' | # {{label|beme|auxiliary}} expresses future tense; cf. English '''[[wikt:will#English|will]]''' | ||
#: | #: {{n-g|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 | # {{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 | ||
#: | #: {{n-g|Mwoi '''wan''' bi mwoi.}} | ||
#:: "[[wikt:boys will be boys|Boys will be boys]]." | #:: "[[wikt:boys will be boys|Boys will be boys]]." | ||
=====Alternate forms===== | =====Alternate forms===== | ||
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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' | '''{{PAGENAME}}''' | ||
# | # {{label|beme|transitive}} to want | ||
#: | #: {{n-g|Yu '''wan''' pis bekun?}} | ||
#:: "You want a piece of bacon?" | #:: "You want a piece of bacon?" | ||
===Etymology 3=== | ===Etymology 3=== | ||
{{number box|beme|1}} | |||
From {{der|beme|en|one}}. | From {{der|beme|en|one}}. | ||
====Numeral==== | ====Numeral==== | ||
'''{{PAGENAME}}''' | '''{{PAGENAME}}''' | ||
# one | # one | ||
#: | #: {{n-g|'''Wan''' pis, eh plis.}} | ||
#:: "One portion, please." | #:: "One portion, please." | ||
[[Category:Contionary]] [[Category:Bemé | [[Category:Contionary]] [[Category:Bemé lemmas]] [[Category:Bemé {{lc: Verb}}s]] [[Category:Bemé terms derived from English]] [[Category:Bemé numerals]] [[Category:Bemé cardinal numerals]] | ||
Latest revision as of 21:36, 7 May 2026
Bemé
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From English go on; cf. Jamaican Creole 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
Verb
wan
- (transitive) to want
- Yu wan pis bekun?
- "You want a piece of bacon?"
- Yu wan pis bekun?
Etymology 3
| 10 | ||||
| 1 | 2 → | 10 → | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: wan Ordinal: wanyeh | ||||
Numeral
wan
- one
- Wan pis, eh plis.
- "One portion, please."
- Wan pis, eh plis.