-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.

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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”)

2. Eye dialect spelling of -ben.

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

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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