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ɓe

See also: Appendix:Variations of "be"

Fula

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Suffix

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ɓe

  1. Noun class indicator for nouns (plural) especially humans

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ɓe

  1. (definite) the (when it follows the noun)
    yimɓe ɓe ― the people
    Nyannde fuu sukaaɓe ɓe na njakkoo taa kulle naata gese muɓɓen.
    Every day the children diligently guard against the animals getting into their fields.

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Determiner

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ɓe

  1. (used in indicating something)
    ɓe yimɓe ― these / those people

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Pronoun

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ɓe

  1. subject pronoun they
    Ɓe adi donle maɓɓe ɗen.
    They transported their baggage.
  2. object pronoun them
    O yamiri ɓe yahugol.
    He ordered them to go.
    Delegasiyon ittaama ko yahana ɓe.
    A delegation was sent to look for them.
  3. relative pronoun who, whom
    Mi yi'ii yimɓe ɓe coonnirnoomi baali ley luumo hannden.
    I saw the people to whom I had sold the sheep in market today.

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  • This word takes many grammatical roles and the difficulty in classifying it into Western grammatical groupings leads to a large variation in its classification
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