{bej} ("be sure, definite, positive, certain")

     The verb {bej} literally means "watch," though its slang usage is probably influenced by the verb suffix {-bej} ("certainly, undoubtedly"; compare {voq,} "trust," and {voqbej,} "certainly trust"). It is used in such forms as {jIbej} ("I am positive [about something I just said]"---literally, "I watch" [{jI-,} "I"]) or {bIbej'a'?} ("Are you sure?"---literally, "Do you watch?" [{bI-,} "you"; {-'a',}  interrogative). Unlike the verb {na'} ("be salty"), which has an identical slang meaning (see below), the verb {bej} may be used when  there is an object: {HIvrup 'e' vIbej} ("I am positive they're ready to attack"; literally, "I watch that they're ready to attack"; {HIv,} "[they] attack"; {-rup,} "ready"; {'e',} "that"; {vI-,} "I [do something to] it"). The notions expressed by {bej} can be conveyed without slang with a word such as {Honbe'} ("not doubt") or by making use of the verb suffix {-bej,} as in {HIvrupbej} ("They're certainly ready to attack").

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