Contionary:beun

Skundavisk

Etymology

From Middle Skundavisk beun, from Old Skundavisk beun, from Halmisk beun, from Proto-Germanic *beuną.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bɘʊn/

Verb

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

1. (auxiliary, with a past participle) forms the passive voice

   Thou biest fan the antheren well beluved.

   You are well appreciated by the others.

Inflection

infinitive		beun
present participle		wesend
past participle		gewesen or wesen
auxiliary		wesen
	indicative		subjunctive
present	ik biem	wi beun	ik bij	wi bijn
	thou biest	ji beut	thou bijst	ji bijt
	hi, si, hit biet	si, Si beun	hi, si, hit bij	si, Si bijn
preterit	ik was	wi weren	ik wære	wi wæren
	thou wast	ji wert	thou wærest	ji wæret
	hi, si, hit was	si, Si weren	hi, si, hit wære	si, Si wæren
imperative

Usage notes

The ge- prefix of gewesen is removed when another past participle comes before, hence 'wi sind gedrugen wesen' (we've been deceived).