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mogen
mogen
See also: mögen
Dutch
Verb
mogen
- (auxiliary) may, can, be allowed to.
- We mogen toch komen.
- We are allowed to come after all.
- We mogen toch komen.
- (intransitive) to be allowed, to be permitted
- Hee! Dat mag niet!
- Hey! You can't do that!
- Hee! Dat mag niet!
- (transitive) to be allowed to have/take, to may have (used as a polite way to request something)
- Mag ik twee appels alstublieft?
- May I have two apples please?
- Mag ik twee appels alstublieft?
- (transitive) To like (of food or of a person).
- Ik mag hem niet.
- I don't like him.
- Ik mag hem niet.
Inflection
| Inflection of mogen (preterite-present) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | mogen | |||
| past singular | mocht | |||
| past participle | gemogen | |||
| infinitive | mogen | |||
| gerund | mogen n | |||
| verbal noun | — | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | mag | mocht | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | mag | mocht | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | mag | mocht | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | moogt | mocht | ||
| 3rd person singular | mag | mocht | ||
| plural | mogen | mochten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | moge | mochte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | mogen | mochten | ||
| imperative sing. | mag | |||
| imperative plur.1 | moogt | |||
| participles | mogend | gemogen | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Synonyms
- (may): kunnen
- (be permitted): toegestaan zijn
- (like): aardig vinden
Derived terms
Mapudungun
Noun
mogen (using Raguileo Alphabet)
Verb
mogen (using Raguileo Alphabet)
- To live; To be alive.
- To heal.
- First-person singular realis mood form of mogen; I lived; I have lived.
Conjugation
Conjugation of mogen (See Appendix:Mapudungun conjugation.)
| Infinitive | mogen | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Root | moge- | ||||||||
| Tense particles (See particles) |
-a- (future tense) | ||||||||
| -pe- (past tense) | |||||||||
| -fu- (distant past tense) | |||||||||
| person | singular | dual | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| Realis mood | iñce | eymi | fey | iñciw | eymu | feygu | iñciñ | eymvn | feygvn |
| mogen | mogeymi | mogey | mogeyu | mogeymu | mogeygu | mogeyiñ | mogeymvn | mogeygvn | |
| Conditional mood | iñce | eymi | fey | iñciw | eymu | feygu | iñciñ | eymvn | feygvn |
| mogeli | mogelimi | mogele | mogeliyu | mogelimu | mogele egu | mogeliyiñ | mogelimvn | mogele egvn | |
| Volitive mood | iñce | eymi | fey | iñciw | eymu | feygu | iñciñ | eymvn | feygvn |
| mogeci | mogege | mogepe | mogeyu | mogemu | mogepe egu | mogeyiñ | mogemvn | mogepe egvn | |
Middle Dutch
Alternative forms
- muegen
Etymology
From Old Dutch mugan, from Proto-Germanic *maganą, from Proto-Indo-European *magʰ-, *megʰ-.
Verb
mōgen
- to be capable of
- can, to be able (in given circumstances)
- (in questions) may, can, be allowed to
- to be allowed, to be permitted
- shall, to be expected to
- to be required to
Inflection
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Descendants
- Dutch: mogen
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish moin, moghin, corresponding to Danish moden, probably the past participle of a verb.
Pronunciation
Adjective
mogen
Declension
| Inflection of mogen | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite/attributive | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | mogen | mognare | mognast |
| Neuter singular | moget | mognare | mognast |
| Plural | mogna | mognare | mognast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | mogne | mognare | mognaste |
| All | mogna | mognare | mognaste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in an attributive role. | |||