Swedish, Närpes
Facts
- Language: Swedish, Närpes
- Alternate names:
- Language code: dswen
- Language family: Indo-European, Classical Indo-European, Germanic, Northwest Germanic, North Germanic, North Scandinavian, East-Central Swedic, East Swedic
- Dialect of: Swedish
- Number of speakers:
- Script: Latin script
More information:
Introduction
Närpes Swedish is linguistic variety of Standard Swedish language. It is spoken in Närpes municipality and its surroundings in Finland.
The verb
The verb is inflected in the same tenses as standard Swedish. Also the verbs follow the same conjugation classes and the division in regular and irregular verbs.
The inflections, however, differ a lot of from standard Swedish.
Sample verb
Regular verbs
Infinitive | Present | Past | Imperative | Supine |
---|---|---|---|---|
kall´ to call | kallar | kalla | kalla! | kalla |
lés to read | lés | leste | lés! | lest |
bygg to build | bygger | bygde | bygg! | bygd |
Irregular verbs
Infinitive | Present | Past | Imperative | Supine |
---|---|---|---|---|
jét to eat | jeter | åt | jét! | jiti |
bít to bite | biter | beit | bít! | biti |
vá to be | jer / je | va | jer! / je! | vuri / vyri |
vál to become | vál | vutt | vál! | váli |
Paralleltexts
References
- Freudenthal, Axel Olof. Ueber den Närpesdialekt. Helsinki, 1878.