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From {{der|beme|en|go on}}; cf. {{mn|jam|gwaan}}.
From {{der|beme|en|go on}}; cf. {{mn|jam|gwaan}}.
====Verb====
====Verb====
'''{{PAGENAME}}'''
{{head|beme|verb}}


# to go
# to go
#: {{n-g|Mi eh '''wan''' nyow.}}
#: {{ux|beme|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.}}
#: {{ux|beme|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]]."
====Alternative forms====
=====Alternate forms=====
* {{alt|beme|wa|wen<l:Columbé>}}
* [[Contionary:wa#Etymology 2|wa]]
 
* (''[[Columbé]]'') [[Contionary:wen#Etymology 2|wen]]
===Etymology 2===
===Etymology 2===
From {{der|beme|en|want}}.
From {{der|beme|en|want}}.


====Verb====
====Verb====
'''{{PAGENAME}}'''
{{head|beme|verb}}


# {{label|beme|transitive}} to want
# {{label|beme|transitive}} to want
#: {{n-g|Yu '''wan''' pis bekun?}}
#: {{ux|beme|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}}'''
{{number box|beme|1}}
{{head|beme|numeral|cat2=cardenal numbers}}


# one
# one
#: {{n-g|'''Wan''' pis, eh plis.}}
#: {{ux|beme|'''Wan''' pis, eh plis.|'''One''' portion, please.}}
#:: "One portion, please."
 
[[Category:Contionary]] [[Category:Bemé lemmas]] [[Category:Bemé {{lc: Verb}}s]] [[Category:Bemé terms derived from English]] [[Category:Bemé numerals]] [[Category:Bemé cardinal numerals]]

Revision as of 22:48, 4 June 2026

Bemé

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From English go on; cf. Jamaican Creole gwaan.

Verb

wan

  1. to go
    Mi eh wan nyow.
    I'm going now.
  2. (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.
  3. (auxiliary, fossil) to habitually do; exclusively used in the expression mwoi wan bi mwoi "boys will be boys", making it essentially a fossil word

Alternative forms

Etymology 2

From English want.

Verb

wan

  1. (transitive) to want
    Yu wan pis bekun?
    You want a piece of bacon?

Etymology 3

From English one.

Numeral

Bemé numerals (edit)
10
1 2  →  10  → 
    Cardinal: wan
    Ordinal: wanyeh

wan

  1. one
    Wan pis, eh plis.
    One portion, please.
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