Contionary:machen

Eburonian

Pronunciation

• (Eburonian) IPA^(key): [maχn̩]
• Rhymes: -aχn̩

Etymology

From Middle Eburonian mahhen, maccen, mahn, from Old Eburonian makon, from Proto-West Germanic *makōn. Cognate with German machen, Dutch maken, English make.

Verb

machen (weak, third-person singular present macheth, past tense machte, past participle gemacht, auxiliary haven)

1. (transitive) to make; to create; to produce

   Ej machte thej ane vahs! — I made you a vase!

2. (transitive) to make; to prepare (food, drinks, etc.)

   Thu'sch machst uns aventhmahl? — You'll make us dinner?

   Ej'f machte jes dranken. – I've made you (plural) drinks.

3. (transitive) to make; to cause

   Zej machth mej smiel. — She makes me smile.

4. (ditransitive, second object is a verb) to force one to do

   Hej machte mej wandelen. — He made me walk.

5. (intransitive, idiomatic) to do; to go ahead; to prove; to dare one to do [often imperative]

   Oh jah? Thu mach mej! – Oh yeah? Make me!

6. (intransitive, colloquial) to work; to function, to be functional; to be effective

   Tscheh, ej wahn et machth. – Well, I guess it works.

   Et's nejt perfect, 'ver et scholte machth. – It's not perfect, but it should work.

Conjugation

Conjugation of machen (weak)

infinitive	machen
gerund	machen n
auxiliary	haven
indicative	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	mach	machte
2nd person singular	machst	machtest
3rd person singular	machth	machte
plural	machen	machten
subjunctive1	present tense	past tense
singular	mache	machte
plural	machen	machten
imperative	present tense
singular	mach
plural	machen
participle	present tense	past tense
	machent	gemacht
1) Archaic or very formal.

Composed forms of machen (weak), auxiliary haven

perfect
	indicative	subjunctive1
1st person singular	haf gemacht	have gemacht
2nd person singular	hast gemacht	have gemacht
3rd person singular	hath gemacht	have gemacht
plural	haven gemacht	haven gemacht
pluperfect
	indicative	subjunctive1
1st person singular	hat gemacht	hate gemacht
2nd person singular	hatest gemacht	hate gemacht
3rd person singular	hat gemacht	hate gemacht
plural	haten gemacht	haten gemacht
future
	indicative	subjunctive1
1st person singular	schol machen	schole machen
2nd person singular	scholst machen	schole machen
3rd person singular	schol machen	schole machen
plural	scholen machen	scholen machen
future perfect
	indicative	subjunctive1
1st person singular	schol haf gemacht	schole have gemacht
2nd person singular	scholst hast gemacht	schole have gemacht
3rd person singular	schol hath gemacht	schole have gemacht
plural	scholen haven gemacht	scholen haven gemacht
1) Archaic or very formal.