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hawwe

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Pennsylvania German

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Verb

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hawwe

  1. to have

Usage notes

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  • Also used as the primary auxiliary verb to form the past tense.

Conjugation

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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

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Frisian hebba, from Proto-West Germanic *habbjan, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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hawwe

  1. to have (to own, possess)
    Ik haw in broer
    I have a brother
  2. (auxiliary) to have
    Ik haw dy oeral socht
    I've been looking for you everywhere

Inflection

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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
3rd singular hat hie
plural hawwe hiene, hienen
imperative haw
participles hawwend, hawwende hân

References

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  • “hawwe”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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