Contionary:haven


Eburonian

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle Eburonian haben, haven, havn, from Old Eburonian haban, habban, from Proto-West Germanic *habbjan. Cognate with German haben, Dutch hebben, English have, Danish have.

Verb

haven (irregular, third-person singular present hath, past tense hat, past participle gehaft, auxiliary haven)

  1. (auxiliary) forms the perfect aspect (have) [with past participle]
    Hej hath arfullt hes opdrag. – He has finished his assignment.
  2. (transitive) to have; to possess; to own, have ownership over
    Ej haf ane katt — I have a cat.
    Hier, thu kanst et alls haven – Here, you can have it all.
    Bah bah, swarts schap, hast thu enej woll? – Baa baa, black sheep, have you [got] any wool?
  3. (transitive) to get; to receive
    Thu'lst haven et. – You'll have it.
    Kan ej bidlej haf hede nacht dagschutel? – Can I please have tonight's special dish?

Conjugation

Skundavisk

Etymology

From Middle Skundavisk hauen, from Old Skundavisk hauan, haban, from Halmisk ᚻᚨᛒᚨᚾ (haban), from Proto-Germanic *habjaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

haven (irregular, third-person singular simple present hat, past tense hadde, past participle gehad, past subjunctive hædde, auxiliary haven)

  1. (transitive) to have, to possess, to own, to hold
    Si haven een skøn hous andlang ðes strands.
    They have a beautiful hous along the beach.
  2. (auxiliary) forms the present perfect and past perfect tense of most verbs
    Si hat genomen.
    She has taken.

Inflection

infinitive haven
present participle havend
past participle gehad
auxiliary haven
indicative subjunctive
present ik have wi haven ik have wi haven
ðou hast ji haft ðou hafst ji haft
hi, si, hit hat si, Si haven hi, si, hit have si, Si haven
preterit ik hadde wi hadden ik hædde wi hædden
ðou haddest ji haddet ðou hæddest ji hæddet
hi, si, hit hadde si, Si hadden hi, si, hit hædden si, Si hædden
imperative haf haft (ji)

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