savair

savair

Gallo

Etymology

From Old French saveir, from Latin sapere, present active infinitive of sapio, cognate with French savoir.

Verb

savair

1. To know

   J'arais peü savair pourqui que je les engênais si tant !

   I could have know why I am such a burden to them !

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) saver
• (Surmiran) saveir

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *sapēre, from Classial Latin sapiō, sapere (“taste”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁p- (“to try, to research”).

Verb

savair

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) to know (how to do something)

Conjugation

infinitive			savair
gerund			savend
past participle			savì m, savida f, savids m pl, savidas f pl
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jau	ti	el/ella/ins	nus	vus	els/ellas
	present	sai	sas	sa	savain	savais	san
	imperfect	saveva	savevas	saveva	savevan	savevas	savevan
	conditional	savess	savessas	savess	savessan	savessas	savessan
conjunctive		che jau	che ti	ch'el/ch'ella/ch'ins	che nus	che vus	ch'els/ch'ellas
		sappia	sappias	sappia	sappian	sappias	sappian
imperative			ti			vus
			sappias			sappias