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ewomahony
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 Message 1 of 33
23 December 2009 at 2:54pm | IP Logged 
I'm collecting information on as many Germanic conjugations of the verb "to be". I would find it really helpful if you could post conjugations of all the Germanic forms of "to be" that you know here. I know the obvious conjugations which spring to mind, like English,German, Dutch (etc.). But I'd like to broaden my findings with conjugations from languages like Swiss German, Nynorsk, Pennsyvania German or Luxembourgish, for example. Any Germanic conjugation would be helpful, and I thank you for your time.

Ed
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 Message 2 of 33
24 December 2009 at 12:24am | IP Logged 
Cool thread. I'll be interested to see the results.

Luxembourgish:
ech sinn
du bass
hien, hatt, si ass
mir sinn
dir sidd
si sinn

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 Message 3 of 33
24 December 2009 at 10:28am | IP Logged 
Icelandic:

ég er
þú ert
hann/hún/það er
við erum
þið eruð
þeir/þær/þau eru
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 Message 4 of 33
28 December 2009 at 4:44pm | IP Logged 
German:

ich bin
du bist / Sie sind
er,sie ist
wir sind
ihr seid
sie sind


dialect of Cologne(Kölsch):

ich ben,
do bes
hä,se es
mer sin
ehr sid
se sin


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28 December 2009 at 5:10pm | IP Logged 
Great stuff guys, exactly what I'm after! I find the dialects very interesting, so post any you know!
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 Message 6 of 33
28 December 2009 at 8:59pm | IP Logged 
Jeg er (I am)
Jeg var (I was)
Jeg har været (I have been)
Værende ... (being) [Rare]

Danish - and our verbs are the same in all numbers and persons (even 3.p.sing.)


Btw. you should really visit the multilingual verb conjugators www.verbix.com and http://www.allverbs.com (use 'more languages') to fill out the holes

Scots: http://www.allverbs.com/verbtable.php?langid=13947&verb=be
Old Saxon:   http://www.allverbs.com/verbtable.ph p?langid=13033590&verb=wesan   
Old High German: http://www.allverbs.com/verbtable.php?langid=12837543&verb=w %C3%ABsan (wesan)
Old Scandinavian (=Protoscandinavian): http://www.allverbs.com/language.php?id=77 (input: vesan)
Old Norse: http://www.allverbs.com/verbtable.php (input: vera)
Modern Icelandic: http://www.allverbs.com/verbtable.php (input vera)
New Norwegian: http://www.allverbs.com/language.php?id=77 (input: vera)
Gutnish (Gotland): http://www.allverbs.com/verbtable.php (input: vara)
Norn: http://www.allverbs.com/verbtable.php?langid=10706&verb=yera (?)
Western Frisian: http://www.allverbs.com/verbtable.php?langid=4869&verb=w%C3% AAze (wêze)
Gothic: http://www.verbix.com/webverbix/go.php?D1=15&T1=wisan&H1=115



Edited by Iversen on 28 December 2009 at 9:24pm

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 Message 7 of 33
28 December 2009 at 9:28pm | IP Logged 
Thanks alot for the links Iversen. I'd previously looked at the verbs on www.verbix.com, but I'm always a little cautious as I don't know who provided the information!
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 Message 8 of 33
28 December 2009 at 9:32pm | IP Logged 
DANISH: (Nice little exercise for a beginner of Danish!)

vaere = to be

jeg er
du/De er
han/hun er
vi er
I/Dem er
de er

Hej-hej!

Fasulye



Edited by Fasulye on 28 December 2009 at 9:52pm



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