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 | |
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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
Verb
hawwe
Inflection
Conjugation of hawwe
Infinitive: hawwe | ||||||||
Present tense | Past tense | |||||||
person | singular | plural | singular | plural | ||||
1st | ik | ha | wy | hawwe | ik | hie | wy | hienen |
2nd | do/dû | hast | jimme | hawwe | do/dû | hiest | jimme | hienen |
3rd | hy/sy | hat | hja | hawwe | hy/sy | hie | hja | hienen |
Present participle | Imperative | Auxiliary | Past participle | |||||
hawwend (hawwende) | haw | hawwe | hân |
- (variant past-tense plural) hiene
Alternative forms
Further reading
- “hawwe”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Categories:
- Pennsylvania German lemmas
- Pennsylvania German verbs
- West Frisian terms inherited from Old Frisian
- West Frisian terms derived from Old Frisian
- West Frisian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- West Frisian terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- West Frisian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- West Frisian terms with IPA pronunciation
- West Frisian lemmas
- West Frisian verbs