wêze

See also: weze and węże

Jersey Dutch

Etymology

From Dutch wezen

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈweːzə/

Verb

wêze

1. to be

Inflection

Inflection of wêze

	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

1. to be
2. 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