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====Usage notes====
====Usage notes====
The ''ge-'' prefix of ''gewesen'' is removed when another past participle comes before, hence '' 'wi sind gedrugen wesen' '' (''we've been deceived'').
* The ''ge-'' prefix of ''gewesen'' is removed when another past participle comes before, hence '' 'wi sind gedrugen wesen' '' (''we've been deceived'').
* While being the official passive auxiliary, it is only used this way in the Kijlisk dialect, while most other varieties use [[Contionary:werthen|werthen]] for this purpose.


====Synonyms====
====Synonyms====

Revision as of 15:37, 14 March 2019

Skundavisk

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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).
  • While being the official passive auxiliary, it is only used this way in the Kijlisk dialect, while most other varieties use werthen for this purpose.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Related terms