schpréëke
Limburgish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃpʁeə̯.kə/
- Rhymes: -eə̯kə
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *sprekan, from Proto-Germanic *sprekaną, suggested to be from Proto-Indo-European *spreg-.
Verb
schpréëke (third-person singular present schprükkt, preterite schprouk, past participle geschproëke, auxiliary verb haane) (Eupen)
- (transitive) to speak (some language, the truth, etc.)
- (intransitive, [övver (about) + accusative]) to speak, to talk, to give a speech
- (transitive) to say, to speak (a word, phrase, sentence, prayer, etc.)
- (transitive, literary, poetic) to say (something)
Conjugation
| Irregular with past tense (Eupen dialect) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | schpréëke | |||
| participle | geschproëke | |||
| auxiliary | haane | |||
| present indicative | past indicative | conditional | imperative | |
| 1st singular | schpréëk | schprouk | schpröük | — |
| 2nd singular | schprükks | schprouks | schpröüks | schpréëk |
| 3rd singular | schprükkt | schprouk | schpröük | — |
| 1st plural | schpréëke | schprouke | schpröüke | — |
| 2nd plural | schprékkt | schproukt | schpröükt | schprékkt |
| 3rd plural | schpréëke | schprouke | schpröüke | — |
Related terms
- Schproëk (“speech”)