Contionary:eh

Bemé

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• (Bemetak) IPA^(key): [ɛ]

Particle

eh

1. (with bi) existential verb; there
   • 1994, Quentin Tarantino, directed by Quentin Tarantino, Pulp Fiction (motion picture; overall work in English), spoken by Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson), Miramax, →OCLC:

     Eh bi pasej mi dan rimembawin...

     There's a passage I remembered...

2. (after a verb) forms the imperative

   Pit eh yu chobak.

   Spit out your gum.

3. (before a verb or between two verbs) forms the infinitive; to

   Eh bi nga neh bi, dat bi krestan.

   To be or not to be, that is the question.

4. (one's) own
   • 1994, Quentin Tarantino, directed by Quentin Tarantino, Pulp Fiction (motion picture; overall work in English), spoken by Vincent Vega (John Travolta), Miramax, →OCLC:

     Dag itin im eh pyuk.

     A dog eats its own feces.