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ben

[beŋ]

particle

LanguageSranan Tongo

Meaning
  1. Verbal marker for the past tense.
  2. A word placed before a verb to show that the action happened in the past.
Examples

Mi ben go na foto.

I went to the city.

Pronunciationbeŋ

Part of speechparticle

Usage noteThis is essential for talking about things that happened yesterday or earlier.

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 7 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.