dwaan

West Frisian

Etymology

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From Old Frisian dwā, duā, from Proto-Germanic *dōną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dvaːn/

Verb

dwaan

1. to do

   Ik moat dan immen sykje dy't dat dwaan kin.

   I must find someone who can do that.

Inflection

Conjugation of dwaan

Infinitive: dwaan
	Present tense				Past tense
person	singular		plural		singular		plural
1st	ik	doch	wy	dogge	ik	die	wy	dienen
2nd	do/dû	dochst	jimme	dogge	do/dû	diest	jimme	dienen
3rd	hy/sy	docht	hja	dogge	hy/sy	die	hja	dienen
	Present participle		Imperative		Auxiliary		Past participle
	dwaand (dwaande)		doch		hawwe		dien

• Variant past-tense 1st: diich, dyng
• Variant past-tense 2nd: diichst, dyngst
• Variant past-tense 3rd: diich, dyng
• Variant past-tense plural: diene, digen, dyngen

Further reading

• “dwaan”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011