Part of Speech | conj |
Morphology | be |
Gloss | COMPL2 |
Comment | The complementiser <be> introduces a complement clause with a subject that is different from the subject of the matrix clause. It frequently forms a single orthographical word with a following article or pronoun. [Val 03E(Eno) 120] is an example of subject to object raising. |
Example 698:
Source: Joy 17W 012Ean paa tara be boko tavusu maa o supi.You see that the sprout comes out breaking through the coconut husk.
Example 699:
Source: Val 03E(Eno) 120Bean tara a paka no kaoto be gogooravi, ean paa kona koa a revasin ne Matabuu eiei.When you see that the leaves of the kaoto tree are red, you know that this is Matabuu's blood. (lit. When you see the leaves of the kaoto tree that (they) are red, ...)