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
Etymology
From Old Frisian hebba, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“to grasp”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhavə/
Verb
hawwe
- to have (possess, own)
- to have (auxiliary verb)
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 | hie | ||
| 2nd singular | hast | hiest | ||
| 3rd singular | hat | hie | ||
| plural | hawwe | hienen | ||
| imperative | haw | |||
| participles | hawwend, hawwende | hân | ||
- (variant past-tense plural) hiene
Alternative forms
- habbe
- ha
- harre
- hebbe
- hewwe
Further reading
- “hawwe”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011