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* ''Seit'' is often construed with the present tense in clauses defining the age a person was when something began: ''seit ich klein bin'' (“since I was little”), ''seit ich ein Kind bin'' (“since I was a child”). This use of the present tense is somewhat peculiar but mirrors the present tense in the main clause: ''Ich tanze schon, seit ich klein bin.'' (“I’ve danced since I was little.”) The past tense is equally possible and common, however (thus: ''seit ich klein war''). |
* ''Seit'' is often construed with the present tense in clauses defining the age a person was when something began: ''seit ich klein bin'' (“since I was little”), ''seit ich ein Kind bin'' (“since I was a child”). This use of the present tense is somewhat peculiar but mirrors the present tense in the main clause: ''Ich tanze schon, seit ich klein bin.'' (“I’ve danced since I was little.”) The past tense is equally possible and common, however (thus: ''seit ich klein war''). |
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* The present tense for still continuing states, as in ''seit ich hier arbeite'' (“since I’ve been working here”), is not anomalous but according to the general rules. |
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Revision as of 21:00, 12 March 2018
Finnish
Noun
seit
Anagrams
German
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle High German sīt, from Old High German [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *sīþaz. Akin to Old Saxon sīd.
Pronunciation
- (deprecated use of
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|lang=parameter) IPA(key): /zaɪ̯t/ - (deprecated use of
|lang=parameter) Homophone: seid
Conjunction
seit
- since
- 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Aus dem Lande der Ostseeritter, in Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun., page 106:
- Vierzig mal 365 Tage und dazu noch die Schalttage waren verstrichen, seit Dorothee unter den Apfelbäumen Burkahnens über ihr Leben entschieden hatte.
- Forty times 365 days and in addition the leap days had passed since Dorothee had decided her future life under the apple trees of Burkahnen.
- Vierzig mal 365 Tage und dazu noch die Schalttage waren verstrichen, seit Dorothee unter den Apfelbäumen Burkahnens über ihr Leben entschieden hatte.
- 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Aus dem Lande der Ostseeritter, in Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun., page 106:
Usage notes
- Seit is often construed with the present tense in clauses defining the age a person was when something began: seit ich klein bin (“since I was little”), seit ich ein Kind bin (“since I was a child”). This use of the present tense is somewhat peculiar but mirrors the present tense in the main clause: Ich tanze schon, seit ich klein bin. (“I’ve danced since I was little.”) The past tense is equally possible and common, however (thus: seit ich klein war).
- The present tense for still continuing states, as in seit ich hier arbeite (“since I’ve been working here”), is not anomalous but according to the general rules.
Preposition
seit (+ dative)
Middle Dutch
Verb
seit
Romansch
Alternative forms
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin sitis, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰítis (“perishing, decrease”).
Noun
seit f
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