wêze
See also: weze and węże
Jersey Dutch
Etymology
From Dutch wezen
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈweːzə/
Verb
wêze
- to be
Inflection
| 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
- IPA(key): /ˈvɛːzə/
Verb
wêze
- to be
- 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