| Part of Speech | dem |
| Morphology | bene |
| Gloss | DEM4 |
| comment | <bene> DEM4 is found with clause-initial focused arguments and with predicates |
Example 532:
O babaaru bene na unuun koa mi rohori tean!This stupidity they just piled it up in heaps on you!
- Source:
- Aro 02R 061
Example 854:
A tabae bene to karakaras?What is this that rustled?
- Source:
- Iar 02RG 045
Example 855:
Tabae bene to tanihi vaevuru bata koa teo sinivi?What (is) this that (is) making this noise in the canoe?
- Source:
- Sii 06RG 358
Example 856:
E teiee bene e Dorah?Who is Dorah?
- Source:
- Sii 01R(Sao) 165
Example 857:
Eh! A tabae bene to paapoo suku nomnaa?!Hey! What am I staying at home for?
- Source:
- Aro 11E(Eno) 024
Example 858:
O mana bene to sue noman.That's right! (lit This truth (is) what you say.)
- Source:
- Aro 11E(Eno) 073
Example 859:
O koviro bene to kahi tara nana!Piss off! (lit. This arse will see!)
- Source:
- Asu 01E(Eno) 034
Example 860:
Suku bene e Vivite kou, to sinana ni na bono kasuana vai, to vamatemate a tavaan vaari.For the reason that Vivite is the one, who mothers this land, where all these people died.
- Source:
- Vos 02R(Vos) 075-077