schwattse
Limburgish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃʋa.t͡sə/
- Rhymes: -at͡sə
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle High German swatzen, akin to swaz (“talk, chatter”). Compare German schwatzen, schwätzen, Luxembourgish schwätzen, Pennsylvania German schwetzen, Central Franconian schwaade.
Verb
schwattse (third-person singular present schwattst, past participle geschwattst, auxiliary verb haane) (Eupen)
- to chat, talk, babble, prate
- to speak, talk
Conjugation
| Regular (Eupen dialect) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | schwattse | ||
| participle | geschwattst | ||
| auxiliary | haane | ||
| present indicative | past indicative | imperative | |
| 1st singular | schwatts | schwattsde | — |
| 2nd singular | schwatts | schwattsdes | schwatts |
| 3rd singular | schwattst | schwattsde | — |
| 1st plural | schwattse | schwattsde | — |
| 2nd plural | schwattst | schwattsde | schwattst |
| 3rd plural | schwattse | schwattsde | — |