Contionary:guesen
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Skylandic
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *wesan, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną “to be”.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɡə.zɑ̃/ [ɡɘ.zɑ̃ ~ ɡø.zɐ̃]
Pronoun
guesen (first-person present ime, present ist, imperfect étaient, present participle guésant, past participle beuné)
- 1. to be.
- synonym: beunir
- J'ime le Grause Sage !
- — I am the Great Sage!
- synonym: beunir
- 2. auxiliary for intransitively used or inherently intransitive verbs.
- Il ist doyé.
- — He died.
Conjugations
This is the only Skylandic verb that has a different present tense form for the first person singular pronoun. The quirky pronunciation of its general PRES form is likely an influence from French “est”.
| Tense | Form | IPA |
|---|---|---|
| 1SG.PRES | ime | /im/ |
| PRES | ist | /i/ |
| PRESP | guésant | /ge.zɑ̃/ |
| PRES.SJV | suient | /sɥi/ |
| IMPF | étaient | /e.tɛ/ |
| PP | beuné | /bø.ne/ |
| IMPF.SJV | voirent | /vwaʁ/ |
| FUT | éront | /e.ʁɔ̃/ |
| IMP | soies | /swa/ |