gwaan

English Definition

going on, to go on

Etymology

• (Derived from English go on.)

Examples

• "Wa gwaan?"

  What's going on?

• "Nobadi no fi bi nobadi sliev ar liv ina slievri; slievri an aal saata sliev bizniz kyaahn gwaan."

  No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.

• "Di kansrt gwaan gud, iihn?"

  The concert went well, didn’t it?

• "Dem disorv iikwal raits fi get marid, wail di marij a gwaan an iivn wen di marij don."

  They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution.

• "Wa mek yu a gwaan so?"

  Why are you behaving like that?

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