weehn

English Definition

was, were

Etymology

• (Derived from English been.)

Examples

• "Kaaz mi did onggri an unu neehn gi mi notn fi nyam. Wen mi chuot weehn jrai unu neehn gi mi notn fi jringk."

  Because I hungered and you gave me nothing to eat. When my throat was dry you gave me nothing to drink.

• "A wen wi si yu, no nuo yu, an weehn tek yu iina wi ous?"

  We saw you, didn't know you, yet took you into our house?

• "So Piita se, “Di tuori we yu weehn tel di Farisii piipl dem, a wa yu did miin?”"

  So Peter said "The story that you told the Pharisees, what did it mean?

• "an se tu dem se, “A dis unu fi tel evribadi se, ‘Im falara dem kom iina di nait an kom tiif im badi wen wi weehn a sliip.’"

  and said, “You are to say, ‘His disciples came by night and stole Him [Jesus' body] away while we were asleep.’

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