yakishear
Ladino
Alternative forms
- akishear / אקישיאר
Etymology
Borrowed from Turkish yakışmak.
Verb
yakishear (Hebrew spelling ייאקישיאר)[1]
- (intransitive) to match; to fit; to go with; to suit (look like)
- 2006, Matilda Koén-Sarano, זיקנתך כבחרותך[1], page 142:
- […] mos fuimos en luna de miel a París, i yo empesí a engodrarme ... i engodrarme. El prenyado a mí me yakishea muncho.
- we left to have our honeymoon in Paris, and I started to fatten myself ... and fatten myself. I look so much like I am pregnant.
Conjugation
Ladino conjugation varies by dialect. The following table is a general overview.
Conjugation of yakishear (regular ending in -ar)
| Infinitive | Simple | yakishear | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compound | aver yakisheado | ||||||
| Gerund | Simple | yakisheando | |||||
| Compound | aviendo yakisheado | ||||||
| Present Participle | yakisheante | ||||||
| Past Participle | Singular | Plural | |||||
| Masculine | yakisheado | yakisheados | |||||
| Femenine | yakisheada | yakisheadas | |||||
| Person | Singular | Plural | |||||
| First | Second | Third | First | Second | Third | ||
| Indicative | yo | tu | el/eya | mozotros | vozotros | eyos/eyas | |
| Present | yakisheo | yakisheas | yakishea | yakisheamos | yakisheásh | yakishean | |
| Imperfect | yakisheava | yakisheavas | yakisheava | yakisheávamos | yakisheávash | yakisheavan | |
| Preterite | yakisheí | yakisheates | yakisheó | yakisheimos | yakisheatesh | yakishearon | |
| Future | yakishearé | yakishearás | yakisheará | yakishearemos | yakishearésh yakishearásh1 |
yakishearán | |
| Subjunctive | yo | tu | el/eya | mozotros | vozotros | eyos/eyas | |
| Present | yakishee | yakishees | yakishee | yakisheemos | yakisheésh | yakisheen | |
| Imperfect | yakisheara | yakishearas | yakisheara | yakisheáramos | yakisheárash | yakishearan | |
| Conditional | yo | tu | el/eya | mozotros | vozotros | eyos/eyas | |
| — | yakishearía | yakishearías | yakishearía | yakishearíamos | yakishearíash | yakishearían | |
| Imperative | — | tu | — | mozotros | vozotros | — | |
| Affirmative | yakishea | yakisheemos | yakisheá yakishead |
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| Negative | no yakishees | no yakisheemos | no yakisheésh | ||||
- Future forms ending in -ash are more common in speech than in writing.