sprekke

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian spreka, from Proto-Germanic *sprekaną, from Proto-Indo-European *spreg- (“to make a sound, utter, speak”). Compare Dutch spreken, Low German spreken, English speak, German sprechen.

Verb

sprekke

1. To speak

Conjugation

Infinitive: sprekke
	Present tense				Past tense
person	singular		plural		singular		plural
1st	ik	sprek	wy	sprekke	ik	spriek	wy	sprieken
2nd	do/dû	sprekst	jimme	sprekke	do/dû	spriekst	jimme	sprieken
3rd	hy/sy	sprekt	hja	sprekke	hy/sy	spriek	hja	sprieken
	Present participle		Imperative		Auxiliary		Past participle
	sprekkend (sprekkende)		sprek		hawwe		sprutsen

• Variant past-tense 1st: spruts
• Variant past-tense 2nd: sprutst
• Variant past-tense 3rd: spruts
• Variant past plural: sprutsen