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West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian dwā, duā, from Proto-West Germanic *dōn, from Proto-Germanic *dōną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-.
Pronunciation
Verb
dwaan
- to do
Ik moat dan immen sykje dy't dat dwaan kin.- I must find someone who can do that.
Inflection
| Irregular
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| infinitive
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dwaan
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| 3rd singular past
|
die, diich, dyng
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| past participle
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dien
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| infinitive
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dwaan
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| long infinitive
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dwaan
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| gerund
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dwaan n
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| auxiliary
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hawwe
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| indicative
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present tense
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past tense
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| 1st singular
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doch
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die, diich, dyng
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| 2nd singular
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dochst
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diest, diichst, dyngst
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| 3rd singular
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docht
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die, diich, dyng
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| plural
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dogge
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dienen, diene, digen, dyngen
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|
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| imperative
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doch
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| participles
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dwaand, dwaande
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dien
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “dwaan”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011