pleegje

Saterland Frisian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Frisian plegia, from Proto-West Germanic *plehan. Cognates include German pflegen and West Frisian pliigje.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpleːɣjə/
  • Hyphenation: pleeg‧je
  • Rhymes: -eːɣjə

Verb

pleegje

  1. (transitive) to look after; to care for
  2. (intransitive, + tou) to perform habitually; to be used to
    Iek pleegje tou lope.I am used to walking.

Conjugation

Conjugation of pleegje (weak type 2)
grúundfoarme pleegje
infinitive tou pleegjen
present past
singular iek pleegje plegede
du plegest plegedest
hie/ju/dät pleget plegede
plural pleegje plegeden
imperative
singular pleeg
plural pleegjet
present past
participle pleegjend pleged
auxiliary verb häbe

References

  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “pleegje”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN