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were

音節were 発音記号/(弱形) wɚ｜wə; (強形) wˈɚː｜wˈəː/

【動詞】 【自動詞】

be の直説法 2 人称単数過去形，複数過去形，または仮定法単数および複数の過去形 (⇒be).

自動詞としての「were」のイディオムやフレーズ

as it wére	wère it nót for…
wére to dó

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we're

音節we're 発音記号/wɪɚ｜wɪə/

we are の短縮形.

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were

【動詞】

beの過去形

印欧語根
wes-	滞在すること、棲むこと、夜を越すこと、または「…であること」（be）を表す。was, wereなどの由来。

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Were

出典:『Wiktionary』 (2010/11/11 08:37 UTC 版)

語源 1

古期英語 wǣre.

発音

• (強勢)
  • (英国用法) IPA: /wɜː(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /w3:(r\)/
  • (米国用法) enPR: wûr, IPA: /wɝ/, SAMPA: /w3`/
• (弱勢)
  • (英国用法) IPA: /wə(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /w@(r\)/
  • (米国用法) enPR: wər, IPA: /wɚ/, SAMPA: /w@`/

Rhymes: -ɜː(r)

• Homophones: whirr (in accents with the wine-whine merger)

動詞

were

1. Second-person singular simple past tense indicative of be.

   John, you were the only person to see him.

2. First-person plural simple past tense indicative of be.

   We were about to leave.

3. Second-person plural simple past tense indicative of be.

   Mary and John, you were right.

4. Third-person plural simple past tense indicative of be.

   They were a fine group.

5. Simple imperfect subjunctive in all persons of be.

   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,...)

6. (Northern England) was.

同意語

• (second-person 単数形 past indicative, 古風な用法) wast (used with "thou")
• (second-person 単数形 imperfect subjunctive, 古風な用法) wert (used with "thou")

参考

am are is art be being

been beest was wast wert

語源 2

古期英語 wer, from Proto-Germanic *werāz, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós (“man”).

名詞

were (複数形 weres)

1. (archaic) man (human male), as in werewolf (“man-wolf”).

関連する語

• were-
• weregild
• werewolf
• world

統計情報

Most common English words: she « they « my « #35: were » are » their » one

アナグラム

• ewer, rewe, weer

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we're

出典:『Wiktionary』 (2013/02/10 17:52 UTC 版)

語源

Contraction of "we (a)re".

発音

• (RP) IPA: /wɪə(ɹ)/
• (米国発音) IPA: /wɪɹ/, /wɪɚ/
• (Some southern English accents) IPA: /wɜː(ɹ)/ (stressed); IPA: /wə(ɹ)/ (unstressed)

短縮形

we're

1. we are

アナグラム

• ewer, rewe, weer

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were-

出典:『Wiktionary』 (2013/04/02 04:49 UTC 版)

語源

Back-formation from werewolf (“man-wolf”), from 古期英語 werwulf, derived from wer (“man”), from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós (“man”) + wulf (“wolf”).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /weə(ɹ)/ X-SAMPA: /wE@(r)/

接頭辞

were-

1. man; prefix most commonly used with animal names to indicate a person who changes shape into that animal.

派生語

[+] English words prefixed with were-

• wereboar
• wereman
• werewoman

関連する語

• were
• weregild (also wergeld)
• werewolf
• world

参考

• lycanthropy
• shapeshifting
• shapeshifter