wis - use in sentences

Object

  • tae: It wis new tae me, tho, an thanks, Bill.
  • nae: He wis a man, an no mickle waur nor maist, bit he wis nae help tae the lan in the end.
  • jist: We used tae do Crosby Stills and Nash, The Eagles, ( Desperado ), He wis jist Magic that guy!
  • aboot: A wis talkin aboot they 3 legged pots you know the anes the cook the Missionaries in!
  • mair: If I wis a young Disraeli, Da wis mair like William Wallace.
  • ower: I wis ower young, an Dublin wis ower auld.

Noun phrase with adjective complement

  • auld: I wis ower young, an Dublin wis ower auld.
  • lang: The Earl o Moray took ower the kingdom an gart peer Mary sign a paper tae say she wis nae langer in pooer.

Adjective complement

  • great: It wis great, it sat bang in the middle of the hut.
  • ..: I mind in the early seventies when there wis...

Modifying Another Word

  • aye: Ma faither wis aye efter us nae tae spik Scots.
  • there: There wis a lot of drunkenness in the streets.
  • still: He never talked aboot it, wis still the same auld da, gaun tae his work, cairryin on in the hoose.
  • only: He wis only a laddie at the time, an Badger wid whiles tak him oot for a nicht at the rabbits.
  • far: Miller: An far wis you fan the hen wanted help tae tak the corn tae me?
  • here: And here wis me thinkin ' mod wis a movement comprised ay working class folk.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • up: Over the last few months our 14 month old daughter has really wised up to us having to take out her prosthesis.

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