sjen

Meaning

to see

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sjɛn/

Etymology

From Old Frisian siā, from Proto-West Germanic *sehwan, from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to see, notice”).

Sentences

No komt de saak der hiel oars út te sjen .

Now the case looks very different.

Ik begûn hieltyd mear op te sjen tsjin de woansdeitejûn.

I started to look more and more towards Wednesday evening.

Oan syn gesicht te sjen , is it him allegear slagge.

Judging by his face, he has succeeded in everything.

Tsjin it lêst fan dit jier sille de earste resultaten te sjen wêze .

By the end of this year, the first results will be visible.

It is foar it earst nei syn dea dat dy skilderijen te sjen binne.

It is for the first time after his death that these paintings can be seen.

Hja liet my it hûs fan binnen sjen .

She showed me the inside of the house.

Lit myn belskiednis sjen .

Show my call history.

Men kin sjen dat de spilers der sels grut plezier oan belibje .

You can see that the players themselves are having a lot of fun with it.