Contionary:wesen
Skundavisk
Etymology
From Middle Skundavisk vesen, from Old Skundavisk vesan, from Halmisk vesan, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną.
Pronunciation
IPA: /wesɘn/
Verb
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
- Thou er skøn.
- You are beautiful.
- Thou er skøn.
- (auxiliary) forms the present perfect and past perfect tense of certain intransitive verbs
- Wi sind angekommen.
- We have arrived.
- Wi sind angekommen.
- (intransitive) to exist, to be alive
- Ik thenke, tharfore im ik.
- I think therefore I am.
- Ik thenke, tharfore im ik.
Inflection
infinitive | wesen | |||
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present participle | wesend | |||
past participle | gewesen | |||
auxiliary | wesen | |||
indicative | subjunctive | |||
present | ik im | wi sind | ik sij | wi sijn |
thou er | ji sijd | thou 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 |
thou wast | ji wert | thou wærest | ji wæret | |
hi, si, hit was | si, Si weren | hi, si, hit wære | si, Si wæren | |
imperative | sij | sijd(ji) |