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Ober
ober
ober
Breton
Verb
ober
- (transitive) to do, make
- (auxiliary) used as an auxiliary verb to conjugate any verb
- Gwerzhañ a ran ma zi hiziv.
- I sell my house today ("Sell I do my house today").
- Gwerzhañ a ran ma zi hiziv.
Conjugation
| Personal forms | |||||||
| Indicative | Conditional | Imperative | |||||
| Present | Imperfect | Preterite | Future | Present | Imperfect | ||
| 1s | gran | graen | gris | grin | grafen | grajen | - |
| 2s | grez | graes | grejout | gri | grafes | grajes | gra |
| 3s | gra | grae | greas | gray, graio | grafe | graje | graet |
| 1p | greomp | graemp | grejomp | graimp | grafemp | grajemp | greomp |
| 2p | grit | graec'h | grejoc'h | greot | grafec'h | grajec'h | grit |
| 3p | greont | graent | grejont | graint | grafent | grajent | graent |
| 0 | greer | graed | grejod | greor | grafed | grajed | - |
| Impersonal forms | Mutated forms | ||||||
| Infinitive: ober, gober Present participle: oc'h ober Past participle: graet (auxiliary verb: kaout) |
Soft mutation after a: a ra- Mixed mutation after e: e ra- Soft mutation after ne/na: ne/na ra- |
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Notes
- All forms of this verb with initial gr- are found with particle (a, e) and take a particular mutation that makes the initial g- disappear, thus we have a ran, e reomp instead of *a c'hran, *e c'hreomp. This particularity is a remnant of the older gwr- initial vowel of this verb, gw- words regularly taking w- after particles a or e.
Derived terms
- ober goap
Alternative forms
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈoːbər/
Etymology
From German Ober, short for Oberkellner (“head waiter”). Compare Dutch kelner, which is also borrowed from German. In both Dutch and German, the distinction between ober/Ober and kelner/Kellner is now neglected.
Noun
ober c (plural obers, diminutive obertje n)
- waiter
- Laten we de ober roepen, dan kunnen we bestellen.
- Let's call the waiter, then we can order.
- Laten we de ober roepen, dan kunnen we bestellen.