were
英 [wə(r)]
美 [wɚ]
- v. ～である（areの過去形）
- n. 人の名前；（英?研）ウェア
英語の語源
- were (v.)
- Old English w?ron (past plural indicative of wesan) and w?re (second person singular past indicative); see was. The forms illustrate Verner's Law (named for Danish linguist Karl Verner, 1875), which predicts the "s" to "z" sound shift, and rhotacism, which changed "z" to "r." Wast (second person singular) was formed 1500s on analogy of be/beest, displacing were. An intermediate form, wert, was used in literature 17c.-18c., before were reclaimed the job.
例文
- 1. In "if I were you "the verb " were "is in the subjunctive.
- 「IfIwereyou」における動詞「 were 」は仮想語調.His hands were too weak to cock his revolver.
- 彼の手は力がなく、リボルバーの引き金を引くことができなかった。
- 3.Issues such as these were not really his concern.
- 彼は実はこのような問題に関心を持っていない。
- 4.The rescuers were beaten back by strong winds and currents.
- 救助隊は風波が大きすぎて作業を中断させられた。
- 5.They were knocking around together for about a year.
- 彼らは付き合って約1年になる。