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