sjen
West Frisian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Frisian siā, from Proto-West Germanic *sehwan, from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to see, notice”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
sjen
- to see
- Ik kin it sjen.
- I can see it.
Inflection edit
Conjugation of sjen
| Infinitive: sjen | ||||||||
| Present tense | Past tense | |||||||
| person | singular | plural | singular | plural | ||||
| 1st | ik | sjoch | wy | sjogge | ik | seach | wy | seagen |
| 2nd | do/dû | sjochst | jimme | sjogge | do/dû | seachst | jimme | seagen |
| 3rd | hy/sy | sjocht | hja | sjogge | hy/sy | seach | hja | seagen |
| Present participle | Imperative | Auxiliary | Past participle | |||||
| sjend (sjende) | sjoch | hawwe | sjoen | |||||
Further reading edit
- “sjen”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011