wees

== English == === Noun === wees plural of wee === Verb === wees third-person singular simple present indicative of wee === Anagrams === ewes, swee == Afrikaans == === Alternative forms === wies (Cape Afrikaans) === Etymology === From Dutch wezen, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną. See Dutch zijn. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /viəs/ === Verb === wees (present is, present participle synde, past was, past participle gewees) (copulative) To be. (auxiliary) Used to form the perfect tense in certain cases; compare hê. Forms the perfect of the passive voice. Forms the perfect of gaan (“go”) + locative when the verb is elided. Optionally forms the perfect tense of the verbs wees (“be”), verloof raak (“get engaged”), trou (“marry”), skei (“get divorced”), oorly (“die”). (obsolete) Formerly formed the perfect tense of certain other intransitive verbs, e.g. kom (“come”). ==== Usage notes ==== The perfect tense of wees has the form is gewees in main clauses, but gewees het in subclauses and in the infinitive (i.e. whenever the auxiliary follows the participle). In practice, only the infinitive use is common: Ek sou baie kwaad gewees het as jy dit gedoen het. (“I would have been very angry if you had done this.”). Otherwise the normal way to express the past is by means of the preterite was. In main clauses, the form was gewees is also common, especially in speech. (The latter is formally a pluperfect, but is generally used without any semantic distinction.) ==== Conjugation ==== === References === === Anagrams === sewe == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʋeːs/ Rhymes: -eːs === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch wêse, from Old Dutch wēso, from Proto-West Germanic *waisō, of uncertain origin, with no solid cognates outside of Germanic; possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂ (“widow”). Cognate with German Waise, Middle Low German wêse, probably Old English *wāsa (in wuduwāsa). ==== Noun ==== wees m or f (plural wezen, diminutive weesje n) an orphan, person or animal having survived both parents an orphaned one, left out of a sequence ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: wees === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== wees imperative of zijn imperative of wezen ===== Derived terms ===== weesgegroet === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== wees singular past indicative of wijzen === References === Taaladvies.net on ‘wees’ or ‘ben’ == North Frisian == === Alternative forms === weese (Mooring) wiis (Sylt) === Etymology === From Old Frisian wesa, from Proto-West Germanic *wesan, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną. === Verb === wees (Föhr-Amrum, Heligoland) to be ==== Usage notes ==== The present conjugation of wees is highly irregular. Compare further kem, skel, wed, wel. ==== Conjugation ==== == Spanish == === Noun === wees m pl or f pl plural of we