wangnî

Walloon

Alternative forms

• gangnî (Charleroi, Liégeois)
• gangnè (Forrières)
• gågnî (Liégeois)
• wågnî

Etymology

From Old French gaigner, itself inherited from Vulgar Latin *wadaniāre, of Germanic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wã.ˈɲiː/

Verb

wangnî

1. to win

Conjugation

   —         —   Conjugation of the verb wangnî in Walloon;  —   Codjowaedje do viebe wangnî e walon

infinitive	simple	wangnî
	compound	aveur + past participle
gerund	simple	wangnant
	compound	åyant + past participle
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		wangnî		wangneye
		plural		wangnîs		wangneyes
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		dji (dj')	ti (t')	i (il) / ele	dji (dj') / nos	vos	i (il)
(simple tenses)	present	wangne	wangnes	wangne	wangnans	wangnîz	wangnèt or wangnnut
	imperfect	wangnîve	wangnîves	wangnîve	wangnéns	wangnîz	wangnént
	preterite	wangna	wangnas	wangna	wangnîs	wangnîz	wangnît
	future	wangnrè	wangnrès	wangnrè	wangnrans	wangnroz	wangnront
	conditional	wangnreu	wangnreus	wangnreu	wangnréns	wangnrîz	wangnrént
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of aveur + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of aveur + past participle
	past anterior	preterite indicative of aveur + past participle
	future perfect	future of aveur + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of aveur + past participle
subjunctive		ki dj'	ki t'	k' i (il) / k' ele	ki dj' / ki nos	ki vos	k' i (il)
(simple tenses)	present	wangne	wangnes	wangne	wangnanxhe	wangnoxhe	wangnèxhe or wangnnuxhe
	imperfect	wangnaxhe	wangnanxhes	wangnaxhe	wangnénxhe	wangnîxhe	wangnénxhe
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of aveur + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of aveur + past participle
imperative		–	ti	–	dji / nos	vos	–
simple		—	wangne!	—	wangnans!	wangnez!	—
compound		—	simple imperative of aveur + past participle	—	simple imperative of aveur + past participle	simple imperative of aveur + past participle	—
1 The Walloon gerund is usable only with the preposition tot (Eastern, Southern) or e (Central, Western).
2 The second person plural dji is used in Central and Southern dialects
3 The form -èt/-exhe is used in Eastern and Southern dialects, the form -nut/-nuxhe is used in Central and Western dialects.

Antonyms

• piede (“to lose”)