were

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Esimerkkejä were sanan käytöstä:

Jack, where 'were' you last night?

:Jack, missä sinä 'olit' eilisiltana?

We 'were' at home last night.

:'Olimme' kotona eilisiltana?

Jack and Jill, 'were' you at home last night?

:Jack ja Jill, 'olitte'ko kotona eilisiltana?

They 'were' at home last night.

:He 'olivat' kotona eilisiltana.

If I 'were' at home this night, I would be very bored. (kirjakielessä myös: 'Were' I at home this night, I would...)

:Jos 'olisin' kotona tänä iltana, minulla olisi erittäin tylsää.

If we 'were' at home this night, we would be very bored. (kirjakielessä myös: 'Were' we at home this night, we would...)

:Jos 'olisimme' kotona tänä iltana, meillä olisi erittäin tylsää.

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englanti

(form of).

John, you were the only person to see him.

We were about to leave.

Mary and John, you were right.

They were a fine group.

They were to be the best of friends from that day on.

I wish that it were Sunday.

I wish that I were with you.

with "if" omitted, put first in an "if" clause:

*: Were it simply that she wore a hat, I would not be upset at all. (= If it were simply...)

*: Were father a king, we would have war. (= If father were a king,...)

{{quote-journal
puhekieltä was.
puhekieltä man (human male), as in (m).
puhekieltä A fine for slaying a man; weregild.
Bosworth
puhekieltä The collective name for any kind of person that changes into another form under certain conditions, including the werewolf.
(nl-verb form of)
water (gloss)
(ku-verb form of)
water
day

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were rimmaa näiden kanssa:

penkere, tere, mantere, tantere, sotatantere, kintere, jäntere, autere, gruyère

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WC-istuin, WC-paperi, weber, wellerismi, wessi, western

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