See were on Wiktionary
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"parents": [],
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{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Daxwazên skrîpta peyvê bi farisiya navîn",
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{
"word": "here-were"
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"etymology_text": "Hevrehapehlewî[skrîpt hewce ye] (ewer, “bi vir ve, li vir”) ku herwiha bi wateya bê! were! jî li kar bûye. Dibe ku herre!! jî bi heman awayî bibe lê ew binîqaş e. Ji ber ku di rastiyê de daçekekê ye, tenê di rewşa fermanî de dikare bê bikaranîn û diwere an werî/weriya an jî wek navdêr lêker werîn tine. Bo peresînawateyî a yeksan binêre ingilîzî come on (“de were!, hatin li ser/li pêş, yeksanî kurdî wer-hatin”))",
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"weredan"
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"lang": "Fransî",
"lang_code": "fr",
"word": "viens"
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{
"lang": "Îngilîzî",
"lang_code": "en",
"word": "come"
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"lang": "Tirkî",
"lang_code": "tr",
"word": "gel"
}
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{
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"name": "Deng bi kurmancî",
"parents": [],
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{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Dengên kurmancî ji Wanê",
"parents": [],
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"text": "You were at home."
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{
"text": "We were not there."
},
{
"text": "Where were they?"
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"pos": "noun",
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"pos": "noun",
"pos_title": "Navdêr",
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],
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"Daxwazên skrîpta peyvê bi farisiya navîn",
"Deng bi kurmancî",
"Dengên kurmancî ji Wanê",
"Kurmancî"
],
"derived": [
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{
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"etymology_text": "Hevrehapehlewî[skrîpt hewce ye] (ewer, “bi vir ve, li vir”) ku herwiha bi wateya bê! were! jî li kar bûye. Dibe ku herre!! jî bi heman awayî bibe lê ew binîqaş e. Ji ber ku di rastiyê de daçekekê ye, tenê di rewşa fermanî de dikare bê bikaranîn û diwere an werî/weriya an jî wek navdêr lêker werîn tine. Bo peresînawateyî a yeksan binêre ingilîzî come on (“de were!, hatin li ser/li pêş, yeksanî kurdî wer-hatin”))",
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]
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"Jêgirtin bi kurmancî",
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"ref": "Melayê Cizîrî, Dîwana Melayê Cizirî, ~1640",
"text": "Fixan avête xerçengêWere saqî heta kengêNeşûyîn dil ji vê jengê"
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"word": "viens"
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"pos": "noun",
"pos_title": "Navdêr",
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"pos_title": "Navdêr",
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{
"categories": [
"Vexwarin bi îrarûtûyî"
],
"glosses": [
"av"
]
}
],
"word": "were"
}
Download raw JSONL data for were meaning in All languages combined (6.6kB)
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