-be

See also: Appendix:Variations of "be"

Chichewa

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɓe/

Suffix

-be

  1. Used only for the verb -li ndi (“to have”) to form the negative.
    Alibe banja.
    He does not have a family.
  2. still, nevertheless (used as a clitic at the end of a verb)
    Sindinapitebe ku sukulu.
    I still have not gone to school.

Hungarian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [bɛ]
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Suffix

-be

  1. (case suffix) into. Used to form the illative case.
    kert (“garden”) → a kertbe (“into the garden”)

Usage notes
   Hungarian case suffixes
Case Back vowel
a, á, o, ó, u, ú		 Front vowel
unrounded
e, é, i, í		 rounded
ö, ő, ü, ű
nominative —
accusative -t
-ot / -at -et -öt
dative -nak -nek
instrumental -val -vel
causal-final -ért
translative -vá -vé
terminative -ig
essive-formal -ként
essive-modal -ul -ül
inessive -ban -ben
superessive -n
-on -en -ön
adessive -nál -nél
illative -ba -be
sublative -ra -re
allative -hoz -hez -höz
elative -ból -ből
delative -ról -ről
ablative -tól -től
Note for all endings:
Stem-final -a/-e changes to -á-/-é-, respectively, except -ként.
    alma - almában, but almaként
    zene - zenében, but zeneként
  • (case suffix) Harmonic variants:
    -ba is added to back vowel words. Final -a changes to -á-.
    alma (“apple”) → Beleharapott egy almába. - She has bitten into an apple.
    -be is added to front vowel words. Final -e changes to -é-.
    zene (“music”) → Variációkat dolgoztunk bele a zenébe. - We worked variations into the music.

See also
  • be-, belé, bele
  • Category:Hungarian words taking -ba/-be
  • Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

Tswana

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɪ/

Adjective

-be

  1. bad, evil
  2. ugly

Declension
Class Singular Plural
1 / 2 o mobe ba babe
3 / 4 o mobe e mebe
5 / 6 le lebe a mabe
7 / 8 se sebe di mpe (pred.)
tse mpe (attr.)
9 / 10 e mpe di mpe (pred.)
tse mpe (attr.)
11 lo lobe
14 bo bobe
15 go gobe
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