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==Skundavisk==
==Skundavisk==
===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From Middle Skundavisk ''vesen'', from Old Skundavisk ''vesan'', from Halmisk ''vesan'', from Proto-Germanic ''*wesaną''.
From Middle Skundavisk ''vesen'', from Old Skundavisk ''vesan'', from Halmisk ''ᚹᛖᛊᚨᚾ'' (''wesan''), from Proto-Germanic ''*wesaną''.


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
[[Guide:IPA|IPA]]: /wesɘn/
* [[Guide:IPA|IPA]]: /wesɘn/


===Verb===
===Verb===
'''wesen''' (''irregular, suppletive, third-person singular simple present '''is''', past tense '''was/weren''', past participle '''gewesen''', past subjunctive '''wære''', auxiliary '''wesen''')
'''wesen''' (''irregular, suppletive, third-person singular simple present'' '''is''', ''past tense'' '''was/weren''', ''past participle'' '''gewesen''', ''past subjunctive'' '''wære''', ''auxiliary'' '''wesen''')


# (''with a predicate adjective or predicate nominative'') to be
# (''with a predicate adjective or predicate nominative'') to be
#:'' Thou '''er''' skøn.''
#:'' Ðou '''er''' skøn.''
#:: ''You '''are''' beautiful.''
#:: ''You '''are''' beautiful.''
# (''auxiliary'') ''forms the present perfect and past perfect tense of certain intransitive verbs''
# (''auxiliary'') ''forms the present perfect and past perfect tense of certain intransitive verbs''
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#:: ''We '''have''' arrived.''
#:: ''We '''have''' arrived.''
# (''intransitive'') to exist, to be alive
# (''intransitive'') to exist, to be alive
#:'' Ik thenke, tharfore '''im''' ik.''
#:'' Ik þenke, ðarfore '''im''' ik.''
#:: ''I think therefore I '''am'''.''
#:: ''I think therefore I '''am'''.''


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  | style="text-align:center" | wi sijn
  | style="text-align:center" | wi sijn
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  | style="text-align:center" | thou er
  | style="text-align:center" | ðou er
  | style="text-align:center" | ji sijd
  | style="text-align:center" | ji sijd
  | style="text-align:center" | thou sijst
  | style="text-align:center" | ðou sijst
  | style="text-align:center" | ji sijd
  | style="text-align:center" | ji sijd
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  | style="text-align:center" | wi wæren
  | style="text-align:center" | wi wæren
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  | style="text-align:center" | thou wast
  | style="text-align:center" | ðou wast
  | style="text-align:center" | ji wert
  | style="text-align:center" | ji wert
  | style="text-align:center" | thou wærest
  | style="text-align:center" | ðou wærest
  | style="text-align:center" | ji wæret
  | style="text-align:center" | ji wæret
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  |-

Latest revision as of 09:19, 30 June 2025

Skundavisk

Etymology

From Middle Skundavisk vesen, from Old Skundavisk vesan, from Halmisk ᚹᛖᛊᚨᚾ (wesan), from Proto-Germanic *wesaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

wesen (irregular, suppletive, third-person singular simple present is, past tense was/weren, past participle gewesen, past subjunctive wære, auxiliary wesen)

  1. (with a predicate adjective or predicate nominative) to be
    Ðou er skøn.
    You are beautiful.
  2. (auxiliary) forms the present perfect and past perfect tense of certain intransitive verbs
    Wi sind angekommen.
    We have arrived.
  3. (intransitive) to exist, to be alive
    Ik þenke, ðarfore im ik.
    I think therefore I am.

Inflection

infinitive wesen
present participle wesend
past participle gewesen
auxiliary wesen
indicative subjunctive
present ik im wi sind ik sij wi sijn
ðou er ji sijd ðou sijst ji sijd
hi, si, hit is si, Si sind hi, si, hit sij si, Si sijn
preterit ik was wi weren ik wære wi wæren
ðou wast ji wert ðou wærest ji wæret
hi, si, hit was si, Si weren hi, si, hit wære si, Si wæren
imperative sij sijd (ji)

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