be2 complementiser

Part of Speech conj
Morphology be
Gloss COMPL2
    • complementiser
      • grammar
    • 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:
        Ean paa tara be boko tavusu maa o supi.
        You see that the sprout comes out breaking through the coconut husk.
        Source: Joy 17W 012
      • Example 699:
        Bean 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, ...)
        Source: Val 03E(Eno) 120

Related entries

  • See also:
    • bean2 that you (sg.) ...
    • beara2 that we (including you) ...
    • beve2 if he, she, or it ...; when he, she, or it ...
    • ahiki be it is/was not the case that somebody does something
    • bea3 if the ...; that the ...
    • bea4 that the ...
    • beam2 that you (pl.) ...
    • benaa2 that I ...
    • benam2 that we (but not you)
    • beo3 that the ...
    • beo4 that the ...
    • beori2 that they ...
    • toku be... not know that something is the case
    • tokutoku be... not know that something is the case