Contionary:wesen

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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)

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