groniś
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Lower Sorbian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From grono (“speech”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]groniś pf or impf
- to say, tell
- Co sy jej gronił? / Co sy k njej gronił? ― What did you say to her?
- To gronijom mójomu nanoju. ― I’m going to tell my father that.
- Žednogo słowka njejo gronił. ― He didn’t say a word.
- (reflexive with passive meaning or 3rd person plural used impersonally) to call (name or refer to) (with dative)
- Jomu se groni Juro. ― His name is Juro; he is called Juro (literally, “‘Juro says itself to him’ i.e. ‘Juro is said to him’”)
- Mójomu synomu gronje Měto. ― My son’s name is Měto; my son is called Měto (literally, “To my son they say Měto”)
Conjugation
[edit]- Perfective
Conjugation of groniś (perfective)
Present | Singular | Dual | Plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | groniju gronijom |
gronijomej | gronijomy |
2nd person | gronijoš | gronijotej | gronijośo |
3rd person | gronijo | gronijotej | groniju |
Preterite | Singular | Dual | Plural |
1st person | gronich | gronichmej | gronichmy |
2nd person | groni | groništej | gronišćo |
3rd person | groni | groništej | gronichu |
Imperative | Singular | Dual | Plural |
2nd person | groń | grońtej | grońśo |
- Participles
- Imperfective
Conjugation of groniś (imperfective)
Present | Singular | Dual | Plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | gronim | gronimej | gronimy |
2nd person | groniš | gronitej | groniśo |
3rd person | groni | gronitej | gronje |
Preterite | Singular | Dual | Plural |
1st person | gronjach | gronjachmej | gronjachmy |
2nd person | gronjašo | gronjaštej | gronjašćo |
3rd person | gronjašo | gronjaštej | gronjachu |
Imperative | Singular | Dual | Plural |
2nd person | groń | grońtej | grońśo |
- Participles
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “groniś”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “groniś”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag