Contionary:beun

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Skundavisk

Etymology

From Middle Skundavisk beun, from Old Skundavisk beun, from Halmisk ᛒᛖᚢᚾ (beun), from Proto-Germanic *beuną.

Pronunciation

Verb

beun (irregular, suppletive, third-person singular simple present biet, past tense was/weren, past participle gewesen or wesen, past subjunctive wære, auxiliary wesen)

  1. (auxiliary, with a past participle) forms the passive voice
    Ðou biest fan ðe anðeren well beluved.
    You are well appreciated by the others.

Inflection

infinitive beun
present participle wesend
past participle gewesen or wesen
auxiliary wesen
indicative subjunctive
present ik biem wi beun ik bij wi bijn
ðou biest ji beut ðou bijst ji bijt
hi, si, hit biet si, Si beun hi, si, hit bij si, Si bijn
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

Usage notes

  • The ge- prefix of gewesen is removed when another past participle comes before, hence 'wi sind gedrugen wesen' (we've been deceived).
  • While being the official passive auxiliary, it is only used this way in the Kijlisk dialect, while most other varieties use werþen instead.

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