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)

1. (with a predicate adjective or predicate nominative) to be

   Thou er skøn.

   You are beautiful.

2. (auxiliary) forms the present perfect and past perfect tense of certain intransitive verbs

   Wi sind angekommen.

   We have arrived.

3. (intransitive) to exist, to be alive

   Ik thenke, tharfore im ik.

   I think therefore I am.

Inflection

infinitive		wesen
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)