wêze
Jersey Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
wêze
- to be
Inflection edit
present tense | past tense | |
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1st person singular | bän | wās, wāz |
2nd person singular | bän, äz, äs | wās, wāz |
3rd person singular | äz, äs | wās, wāz |
plural | bän, bänne | wās, wāz |
participles | xjewêst |
West Frisian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Frisian wesa, from Proto-West Germanic *wesan, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes-.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
wêze
- to be
- Used as an auxiliary verb for verbs which indicate change or movement.
- Ik bin gien ― I have gone.
Conjugation edit
Irregular (Suppletive) | ||||
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infinitive | wêze | |||
3rd singular past | wie | |||
past participle | west | |||
infinitive | wêze | |||
long infinitive | wêzen | |||
gerund | wêzen n | |||
auxiliary | hawwe | |||
indicative | present tense | past tense | ||
1st singular | bin | wie | ||
2nd singular | bist | wiest | ||
3rd singular | is | wie | ||
plural | binne | wienen | ||
imperative | wês | |||
participles | wêzend, wêzende | west |
Further reading edit
- “wêze”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011