be
Example from Scripture
Bena Dirava ese dina ihahituna e hanamoa bona e hahelaḡaia: badina be una dina ai ena ḡaukara iboudiai e ato diho, e laḡa ani. Adam
God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because he rested in it from all his work of creation which he had done.
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1 commentTwo functions: (1) Copula/equative marker linking subject to predicate, indicating identity or equivalence ("ladana ta be Abraham" = another name is Abraham). (2) In fixed phrase "badina be" (3531×) = because, for (causal). Standalone "be" marks what something IS rather than what it DOES.
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