Contionary:wesen
Skundavisk
Etymology
From Middle Skundavisk vesen, from Old Skundavisk vesan, from Halmisk ᚹᛖᛊᚨᚾ (wesan), 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
- Ðou er skøn.
- You are beautiful.
- Ðou 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 þenke, ðarfore im ik.
- I think therefore I am.
- Ik þenke, ðarfore im ik.
Inflection
| infinitive | wesen | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | wesend | |||
| past participle | gewesen | |||
| auxiliary | wesen | |||
| indicative | subjunctive | |||
| present | ik im | wi sind | ik sij | wi sijn |
| ðou er | ji sijd | ðou 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 |
| ðou wast | ji wert | ðou wærest | ji wæret | |
| hi, si, hit was | si, Si weren | hi, si, hit wære | si, Si wæren | |
| imperative | sij | sijd (ji) | ||