zèinan

See also: zeinan

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)

1. to be
2. (auxiliary) With a past participle, forms the preterite tense of some intransitive verbs:

   Ich pin ganghet. ― I went. (NOT: I have gone.)

3. (auxiliary) Forms the past and present continuous tense, with the adverb darnaach (“after”):

   Ich pin darnaach ghéenan so misse.

   I am going to Mass.

   Ich pin gabéest darnaach sraiban.

   I was writing.

Conjugation

Conjugation of zèinan – Sette Comuni dialect

infinitive		zèinan
present participle		zèinten
past participle		gabéest
auxiliary		zèinan
	indicative			subjunctive
present	ich pin	bar zèinan	i	ich zèa	bar zèinan
	du pist	iart zèit		du zèist	iart zèit
	èar ist	ze zèint		èar zèa	ze zèinan
preterite (composed)	ich pin gabéest	bar zèinan gabéest	ii	ich börte	bar börtan
	du pist gabéest	iart zèit gabéest		du börtest	iart börtet
	èar ist gabéest	ze zèint gabéest		èar börte	ze börtan
imperative	—	—
	zèi (du)	zèit (iart)
	—	—

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