- to give
- es gebt, there are
- es hot gewwe, there was
Example:
- Es iss ewennich druff aakumme not wie grooss as die Familye waar ass gezoge iss. Wann sie aardlich grooss waar, dann hot 's, a'kors, viele mehner Hausrot gewwe. It depended then a little on how big the family was that moved. When it was quite large, then there was, of course, much more furniture.
- was hot's —, what has happened
- was gebt's Neies, what's the news
- er hot mer die Schuld —, he laid the blame on me
- do gebt's nix draus, it will come to nothing
- do gebt's nix draus, I won't allow it