Contionary:beginnen
Skundavisk
Etymology
From Middle Skundavisk beginnen, from Old Skundavisk biginnan, from Halmisk ᛒᛁᚷᛁᚾᚾᚨᚾ (biginnan), from Proto-Germanic *biginnaną. The original root verb *ginnaną is not attested in any Halmisk text.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /bɘɟɪnɘn/
Verb
beginnen (class 3 strong, third-person singular simple present beginnt, past tense begann, past participle begunnen, past subjunctive begænne, auxiliary haven)
- to begin, to start
- Si begannen te feghten.
- They began to fight.
- Si begannen te feghten.
Inflection
| infinitive | beginnen | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | beginnend | |||
| past participle | begunnen | |||
| auxiliary | haven | |||
| indicative | subjunctive | |||
| present | ik beginne | wi beginnen | ik beginne | wi beginnen |
| ðou beginnst | ji beginnt | ðou beginnst | ji beginnt | |
| hi, si, hit beginnt | si, Si beginnen | hi, si, hit beginne | si, Si beginnen | |
| preterit | ik begann | wi begannen | ik begænne | wi begænnen |
| ðou begannst | ji begannt | ðou begænnest | ji begænnet | |
| hi, si, hit begann | si, Si begannen | hi, si, hit begænne | si, Si begænnen | |
| imperative | beginn | beginnt (ji) | ||