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==Bemé== | ==Bemé== | ||
===Pronunciation=== | ===Pronunciation=== | ||
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===Etymology 1=== | ===Etymology 1=== | ||
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]]''. | 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]]''. | ||
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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' | '''{{PAGENAME}}''' | ||
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Revision as of 17:54, 13 June 2025
Bemé
Pronunciation
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.
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| 1 | 2 → | 10 → | ||
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| Cardinal: wan Ordinal: wanyeh | ||||
Numeral
wan
| 10 | ||||
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| Cardinal: wan Ordinal: wanyeh | ||||
- one
- Wan pis, eh plis.
- "One portion, please."
- Wan pis, eh plis.