èssiri

Sicilian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin essere, from Latin esse.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛssiri/
  • Hyphenation: ès‧si‧ri

Verb

èssiri

  1. to be

Usage notes

  • The future tense in Sicilian has fallen into disuse. There are at least two methods to express the future in Sicilian:
    • by using the present indicative, or
    • by using the construction aviri a, which is similar to the have to construction in English.
  • The conditional has also fallen into disuse in Sicilian.
    • The present conditional may be replaced by the present indicative or the imperfect subjunctive.
    • The past conditional may be replaced by the past perfect subjunctive.
  • In the Messinese dialect, the conditional is still in use, and the conjunctive is sometimes replaced by the imperfect indicative, especially in the present tense.
  • See the Wikipedia article on the Sicilian language for more information.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of èssiri (highly irregular, suppletive)
infinitive èssiri
gerund essennu
past participle statu
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative iu tu iddu/idda nuàutri vuàutri iddi
present sugnu sì è, esti semu siti sunnu
imperfect era eri era èramu èravu èranu
preterite fui fusti fu fomu fùstivu foru
present perfect Use the present indicative tense of aviri plus the past participle
past perfect Use the imperfect indicative tense of aviri plus the past participle
conditional present fora fori fora fòramu fòravu fòranu
conditional past Use the present conditional tense of aviri plus the past participle
subjunctive iu tu iddu/idda nuàutri vuàutri iddi
present sia si', fussi sia siamu siati sianu
imperfect fussi fussi fussi fùssimu fùssivu fùssiru
present perfect Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of aviri plus the past participle
imperative – tu vossìa nuàutri vuàutri –
— sì fussi semu siti —
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