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| [[w:Voiced bilabial nasal|m]] || [[w:Voiced alveolar nasal|n]] || [[w:Voiced palatal nasal|ɲ]] || [[w:Voiced velar nasal|ŋ]] ||
| [[w:Voiced bilabial nasal|m]] || [[w:Voiced alveolar nasal|n]] || [[w:Voiced palatal nasal|ɲ]] || [[w:Voiced velar nasal|ŋ]] ||
|-  
|-  
! rowspan=2 | Fricative
! colspan=2 | Fricative
! voiceless
| || [[w:Voiceless alveolar sibilant|s]] || [[w:Voiceless postalveolar sibilant|ʃ]] || || [[w:Voiceless glottal fricative|h]]
| || [[w:Voiceless alveolar sibilant|s]] || [[w:Voiceless postalveolar sibilant|ʃ]] || || [[w:Voiceless glottal fricative|h]]
|-
! voiced
| || [[w:Voiced alveolar sibilant|z]] || ||
|-
|-
! rowspan=2 | Approximant
! rowspan=2 | Approximant
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| 6 || ''sis'' || six
| 6 || ''sis'' || six
|-
|-
| 7 || ''sebeng'' || seven
| 7 || ''sibeng'' || seven
|-
|-
| 8 || ''eyt'' || eight
| 8 || ''eyt'' || eight
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| 9 || ''nyen'' || nine
| 9 || ''nyen'' || nine
|}
|}
Numbers after 9 tend to deviate from the English norm, with the structure of ''two-digit number'' + ''one-digit number'' instead of the opposite order which gave rise to the English numbers ''thirteen, fourteen, fifteen...'' etc.
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;"
! Number !! Bemé !! English translation
|-
| 10 || ''teng'' || ten
|-
| 11 || ''teng wan'' || eleven
|-
| 12 || ''teng tu'' || twelve
|-
| 13 || ''teng kri'' || thirteen
|-
| 14 || ''teng pow'' || fourteen
|-
| 15 || ''teng payeh'' || fifteen
|-
| 16 || ''teng sis'' || sixteen
|-
| 17 || ''teng sibeng'' || seventeen
|-
| 18 || ''teng eyt'' || eighteen
|-
| 19 || ''teng nyen'' || nineteen
|}
Multiples of ten follow the opposite order; here are a couple for you to get the idea.
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;"
! Number !! Bemé !! English translation
|-
| 20 || ''tu teng'' || twenty
|-
| 30 || ''kri teng'' || thirty
|-
| 40 || ''pow teng'' || forty
|-
| 50 || ''pateng'' || fifty
|}
''Pateng'' "fifty" is a single exception to the rule, and is simply derived from ''payeh'' + ''teng''.
===Verbs===
===Verbs===
The Bemé verbal paradigm, shown on the regular verb ''{{bm|it}}'' is as follows:
The Bemé verbal paradigm, shown on the regular verb ''{{bm|it}}'' is as follows:
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|give=gib
|give=gib
|hold=ab
|hold=ab
|squeeze=kriz
|squeeze=krish
|rub=rob
|rub=rob
|wash=wosh
|wash=wosh
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|and=an
|and=an
|if=eh
|if=eh
|because=eh kaz
|because=eh kas
|name=neym
|name=neym
}}
}}
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: Jules: ''Yu ridin Beybl, Brett?''
: Jules: ''Yu ridin Beybl, Brett?''
: Brett: ''Yes!''
: Brett: ''Yes!''
: Jules: ''Layeh, eh bi pasej mi dan rimemba. Eh la bela sicheh. Ezikiyel 25:17. Rowt di reychas mang bi eh srown ni eri pilang kaz inekriti selepis mang, an tireni eh na gud mang.<br>Im bi bles, eh ni neym danguna an gud mek, eh shepedin na srong kru na ley bali, eh kaz im rili im brada kipa mang, an payeh mang eh las kij. An mi wan bitop yu wit big rivenj an ril ebad, dat dem eh krey eh pozown an diskroi mi brada! An yu wan now mi neym bi Lowd, wen mi gibin mi rivenj ni yu!''
: Jules: ''Layeh, eh bi pasej mi dan rimemba. Eh la bela sicheh. Ezikiyel 25:17. Rowt di reychas mang bi eh srown ni eri pilang kas inekriti selepis mang, an tireni eh na gud mang.<br>Im bi bles, eh ni neym danguna an gud mek, eh shepedin na srong kru na ley bali, eh kas im rili im brada kipa mang, an payeh mang eh las kij. An mi wan bitop yu wit big rivenj an ril ebad, dat dem eh krey eh posoin an diskroi mi brada! An yu wan now mi neym bi Lowd, wen mi gibin mi rivenj ni yu!''


===="Pigs are filthy animals"====
===="Pigs are filthy animals"====
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: Jules: ''Pok bi deti edag. Mi na itin deti edag.''
: Jules: ''Pok bi deti edag. Mi na itin deti edag.''
: Vincent: ''Yeh, ba bekon tes gud. Pok chop tes gud.''
: Vincent: ''Yeh, ba bekon tes gud. Pok chop tes gud.''
: Jules: ''Eh, syuwa mows la la tes bela pamking kek, ba mi wan neva now eh kaz mi na la itin deti ting. Pok itin an stegin ni pyuk. Dat bi deti edag. Mi na itin na ting eh na ab komonsens eh gowadin im eh pyuk.''
: Jules: ''Eh, syuwa mows la la tes bela pamking kek, ba mi wan neva now eh kas mi na la itin deti ting. Pok itin an stegin ni pyuk. Dat bi deti edag. Mi na itin na ting eh na ab komonsens eh gowadin im eh pyuk.''
: Vincent: ''Wa dan eh dag? Dag itin im eh pyuk.''
: Vincent: ''Wa dan eh dag? Dag itin im eh pyuk.''
: Jules: ''Mi na itin dag nebla.''
: Jules: ''Mi na itin dag nebla.''
: Vincent: ''Yeh, ba yu tink dag bi deti edag la?''<br>(''Beat''.)
: Vincent: ''Yeh, ba yu tink dag bi deti edag la?''<br>(''Beat''.)
: Jules: ''Mi na la wan inyeh po kalin dag deti edag, ba erili na pokres edag; ba, dag ab peson. Peson wan long weh.''
: Jules: ''Mi na la wan inyeh po kalin dag deti edag, ba erili na pokres edag; ba, dag ab peson. Peson wan long weh.''
: Vincent: ''Ah, so kaz dat rizun, ey pok dan ab gud peson, im grag eh bi deti edag.''
: Vincent: ''Ah, so kas dat risun, ey pok dan ab gud peson, im grag eh bi deti edag.''
: Jules: ''Eh, wi la mos takin eh wan neys teting pok, yameh, im mos bi teng tey pro neys den dat Arnold ni Green Acres!''
: Jules: ''Eh, wi la mos takin eh wan neys teting pok, yameh, im mos bi teng tey pro neys den dat Arnold ni Green Acres!''


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