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::: <i>'''Écouillent''' dou ainen Heuff bruire, ainfach caurons mich.</i>
::: <i>'''Écouillent''' dou ainen Heuff bruire, ainfach caurons mich.</i>
::: <i>'''Should''' you need help, just call me.</i>
::: <i>'''Should''' you need help, just call me.</i>
'''3.''' (''ditransitive'') to owe
: '''3.''' (''ditransitive'') to owe


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Revision as of 05:39, 2 July 2026

Skylandic

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skulan, from Proto-Germanic *skulaną. The -ir infinitive ending is a French influence. Cognate with English shall, German sollen and Dutch zullen.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Fuiebergean) IPA: /e.ku.jiʁ/ [e.ku.jiɹ ~ -jiʁ ~ -jiɾ]
  • (chiefly Bernstein) IPA: [e.ku.jiɐ̯]

Suffix

écouillir (irregular, present écaille, imperfect écoudaient, present participle écouillant, past participle écouilli)

1. (modal auxiliary) shall, should. To be obliged to
2. (present subjunctive) conditional should, if
Écouillent dou ainen Heuff bruire, ainfach caurons mich.
Should you need help, just call me.
3. (ditransitive) to owe

Conjugations

Its irregularity comes from the « d » in its IMPF and IMPF.SJV forms which are, in turn, from the *d in the Proto-Germanic root’s past tense forms.

Tense Form IPA
PRES écaille e.kaj
PRESP écouillant e.ku.jɑ̃
PRES.SJV écouillent e.kuj
IMPF écoudaient e.ku.dɛ
PP écouilli e.ku.ji
IMPF.SJV écoudisse e.ku.dis
FUT écouilleront e.kuj.ʁɔ̃
IMP écouillons e.ku.jɔ̃

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