bɛ́n

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ben"

Eton (Cameroon)

Conjunction

bɛ́n

1. if
   • 2008, Mark Van de Velde, A Grammar of Eton, →ISBN:

     [Somebody would like to eat some meat, but sees that the pot is empty. His mother says:]
     Bɛ́n nâ ùsɔ́ ꜜtédé bínùtɛ̀n bítán, ŋgé úꜜkwáb tíd.

     If you had come five minutes earlier, you would have found meat.