zèinan

== Cimbrian == === Alternative forms === zeinan, soin, sain === Etymology === From Middle High German sein, sīn, from Old High German sīn (“to be”). Cognate with German sein. An extra -an is added when the verb would only have one syllable. Past subjunctive forms are from Middle High German werden, from Old High German wërdan (“to be, become, happen”), from Proto-West Germanic *werþan (“to become”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈzɛi.nɐn] === Verb === zèinan (irregular, third-person singular present indicative ist, past participle gabéest, auxiliary zèinan) (Sette Comuni) to be (auxiliary) With a past participle, forms the preterite tense of some intransitive verbs: Ich pin ganghet. ― I went. (NOT: I have gone.) (auxiliary) Forms the past and present continuous tense, with the adverb darnaach (“after”): ==== Conjugation ==== === References === “zèinan” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974), Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo