wêze

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See also: weze and węże

Jersey Dutch

Etymology

From Dutch wezen

Pronunciation

Verb

wêze

  1. to be

Inflection

Inflection of wêze
present tense past tense
1st person singular bän wās, wāz
2nd person singular bän, äz, äs wās, wāz
3rd person singular äz, äs wās, wāz
plural bän, bänne wās, wāz
participles xjewêst

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian wesa, from Proto-West Germanic *wesan, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes-.

Pronunciation

Verb

wêze

  1. to be
  2. Used as an auxiliary verb for verbs which indicate change or movement.
    Ik bin gien ― I have gone.

Conjugation

Irregular (Suppletive)
infinitive wêze
3rd singular past wie
past participle west
infinitive wêze
long infinitive wêzen
gerund wêzen n
auxiliary hawwe
indicative present tense past tense
1st singular bin wie
2nd singular bist wiest
3rd singular is wie
plural binne wienen
imperative wês
participles wêzend, wêzende west

Further reading

  • “wêze”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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