hawwe
Pennsylvania German
Verb
hawwe
- to have
Usage notes
- Also used as the primary auxiliary verb to form the past tense.
Conjugation
Conjugation of hawwe
| infinitive | hawwe | |
|---|---|---|
| past participle | hot ghatt | |
| future tense | waerd hawwe | |
| subjunctive | hedde | |
| present tense | ||
| 1st person singular | hab | |
| 2nd person singular | hoscht | |
| 3rd person singular | hot | |
| 1st person plural | hen | |
| 2nd person plural | hett | |
| 3rd person plural | hen | |
| imperative | ||
West Frisian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Frisian hebba, from Proto-West Germanic *habbjan, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhaʋə/
- Rhymes: -aʋə
- Hyphenation: haw‧we
Verb
hawwe
- to have (to own, possess)
- Ik haw in broer
- I have a brother
- (auxiliary) to have
- Ik haw dy oeral socht
- I've been looking for you everywhere
Inflection
| Irregular | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | hawwe | |||
| 3rd singular past | hie | |||
| past participle | hân | |||
| infinitive | hawwe | |||
| long infinitive | hawwen | |||
| gerund | hawwen n | |||
| auxiliary | hawwe | |||
| indicative | present tense | past tense | ||
| 1st singular | ha, haw | hie | ||
| 2nd singular | hast | hiest | ||
| clitic form | hasto | hiesto | ||
| 3rd singular | hat | hie | ||
| plural | hawwe | hiene, hienen | ||
| imperative | haw | |||
| participles | hawwend, hawwende | hân | ||
References
- “hawwe”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011