dwaan

West Frisian

Etymology

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
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