have – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of have

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to have sth in
Participle: had sth in
Gerund: having sth in

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ihave sth in
youhave sth in
he;she;ithas sth in
wehave sth in
youhave sth in
theyhave sth in

Perfect

Ihave had sth in
youhave had sth in
he;she;ithas had sth in
wehave had sth in
youhave had sth in
theyhave had sth in

Past

Ihad sth in
youhad sth in
he;she;ithad sth in
wehad sth in
youhad sth in
theyhad sth in

Pluperfect

Ihad had sth in
youhad had sth in
he;she;ithad had sth in
wehad had sth in
youhad had sth in
theyhad had sth in

Future

Iwill have sth in
youwill have sth in
he;she;itwill have sth in
wewill have sth in
youwill have sth in
theywill have sth in

Future Perfect

Iwill have had sth in
youwill have had sth in
he;she;itwill have had sth in
wewill have had sth in
youwill have had sth in
theywill have had sth in

Subjunctive

Present

Ihave sth in
youhave sth in
he;she;ithave sth in
wehave sth in
youhave sth in
theyhave sth in

Perfect

Ihave had sth in
youhave had sth in
he;she;ithave had sth in
wehave had sth in
youhave had sth in
theyhave had sth in

Imperfect

Ihad sth in
youhad sth in
he;she;ithad sth in
wehad sth in
youhad sth in
theyhad sth in

Pluperfect

Ihad had sth in
youhad had sth in
he;she;ithad had sth in
wehad had sth in
youhad had sth in
theyhad had sth in

Conditional

Present

Iwould have sth in
youwould have sth in
he;she;itwould have sth in
wewould have sth in
youwould have sth in
theywould have sth in

Perfect

Iwould have had sth in
youwould have had sth in
he;she;itwould have had sth in
wewould have had sth in
youwould have had sth in
theywould have had sth in

Imperative

youhave sth in
weLet's have sth in
youhave sth in

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam having sth in
youare having sth in
he;she;itis having sth in
weare having sth in
youare having sth in
theyare having sth in

Perfect

Ihave been having sth in
youhave been having sth in
he;she;ithas been having sth in
wehave been having sth in
youhave been having sth in
theyhave been having sth in

Past

Iwas having sth in
youwere having sth in
he;she;itwas having sth in
wewere having sth in
youwere having sth in
theywere having sth in

Pluperfect

Ihad been having sth in
youhad been having sth in
he;she;ithad been having sth in
wehad been having sth in
youhad been having sth in
theyhad been having sth in

Future

Iwill be having sth in
youwill be having sth in
he;she;itwill be having sth in
wewill be having sth in
youwill be having sth in
theywill be having sth in

Future Perfect

Iwill have been having sth in
youwill have been having sth in
he;she;itwill have been having sth in
wewill have been having sth in
youwill have been having sth in
theywill have been having sth in

Conditional

Present

Iwould be having sth in
youwould be having sth in
he;she;itwould be having sth in
wewould be having sth in
youwould be having sth in
theywould be having sth in

Perfect

Iwould have been having sth in
youwould have been having sth in
he;she;itwould have been having sth in
wewould have been having sth in
youwould have been having sth in
theywould have been having sth in

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'have'

have,

Verbs similar to 'have'

cave, dave, fave, hade, hake, hale, halve, hare, hase, hate,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

engage in sexual intercourse with
copulate with
to have ownership of
hold, own, possess
own
contain, retain, hold, occupy, possess
acquire
gain, get, obtain, procure, receive, secure, take
experience
enjoy, suffer, undergo
allow
permit
state
assert, asseverate, aver, hold, maintain, testify

Antonyms

own
disown, abandon, deny, disavow
experience
inexperience, immaturity, greenness, rawness
allow
disallow, forbid, prohibit, disapprove

Additional Information

Etymology

1. O.E. habban "to own, possess," from P.Gmc. *khaf- (cf. O.N. hafa, O.S. hebbjan, O.Fris. habba, Ger. haben, Goth. haban "to have"), from PIE *kap- "to grasp" (see capable). Not related to L. habere, despite similarity in form and sense; the L. cognate is capere "seize." O.E. second pers. sing. pres. hæfst, third pers. sing. pres. hæfð became M.E. hast, hath, while O.E. -bb- became -v- in have. The p.p. had developed from O.E. gehæfd. Sense of "possess, have at one's disposal" (I have a book) is a shift from older languages, where the thing possessed was made the subject and the possessor took the dative case (e.g. L. est mihi liber "I have a book," lit. "there is to me a book"). Used as an auxiliary in O.E., too (esp. to form present perfect tense); the word has taken on more functions over time; Mod.Eng. he had better would have been O.E. him (dat.) wære betere. To have to for "must" (1579) is from sense of "possess as a duty or thing to be done" (O.E.). Have-not "poor person" first recorded 1836. Phrase have a nice day first attested 1971. You never had it so good (1946) was said to be the stock answer to any complaints about U.S. Army life. Phrase have (noun), will (verb) is from 1954, originally from comedian Bob Hope, in the form Have tux, will travel; Hope described it as typical of vaudevillians' ads in "Variety," indicating a willingness to perform anywhere, any time.
2. Etymology tree
3. substratebor.?
4. Proto-Indo-European *kap-der.
5. Proto-Germanic *habjaną
6. Proto-West Germanic *habbjan
7. Old English habban
8. Middle English haven
9. English have
10. From Middle English haven, from Old English habban (“to have”), from Proto-West Germanic *habbjan, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to have”), durative of *habjaną (“to lift, take up”), from Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti, an imperfective formation to the root *kap- (“to take, seize, catch”). Related to heave.
11. Since there is no common Indo-European root for a transitive possessive verb have (notice that Latin habeō is not etymologically related to English have), Proto-Indo-European probably lacked the have structure. Instead, the third person forms of be were used, with the possessor in dative case, compare Latin mihi est / sunt, literally to me is / are.
12. The nonstandard etymology 1, verb sense 34 (“to be (an age)”) is a semantic loan from other languages’ term for “to possess, own”, such as French avoir, Polish mieć, and Spanish tener.
13. Cognates
14. Cognate with Scots hae (“to have”), North Frisian haa, heewe (“to have”), Saterland Frisian häbe, hääbe (“to have”), West Frisian hawwe (“to have”), Afrikaans hê (“to have”), Alemannic German haa, heen, hoh, hä, häbä, hè (“to have”), Bavarian hobm, hobn, hoom, håbn (“to have”), Cimbrian haban, hen, håm (“to have”), Dutch and Low German hebben (“to have”), German haben (“to have”), Limburgish haane, höbbe (“to have”), Luxembourgish hunn (“to have”), Mòcheno hom (“to have”), Vilamovian hon (“to have”), Yiddish האָבן (hobn, “to have”), Danish have (“to have”), Elfdalian åvå (“to have”), Faroese hava (“to have”), Icelandic hafa (“to have”), Norwegian Bokmål ha (“to have”), Norwegian Nynorsk ha, hava, have, hå (“to have”), Swedish ha, hafva, hava (“to have”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (haban, “to have”), Albanian kap (“to grab, catch, grip”), Latin capiō (“take”, verb), Russian хапать (xapatʹ, “to seize”). See: Middle English 'haven', Old English 'habban', Proto-Germanic '*habjaną', Proto-Indo-European '*kapyéti', Scots 'hae', Frisian, Saterlandic 'häbe', Afrikaans 'hê', Alemannic German 'haa', Cimbrian 'haban', German, old spelling 'haben', Luxembourgish 'hunn', Wymysorys 'hon', Danish 'have', Elfdalian 'åvå', Faroese 'hava', Icelandic 'hafa', Norwegian 'ha', Norwegian, nynorsk 'ha', Swedish 'ha', Albanian 'kap', Latin 'capiō', Russian 'хапать'.

Verbs referencing "have"

Danish have, Low Saxon hebben, Norwegian, nynorsk ha, Spanish caber, Albanian kam, German, old spelling haben, Esperanto havi, Sranan abi, Alemannic German hoh, Alemannic German heen, Alemannic German hè, Alemannic German hä, Alemannic German haa, Latin capio, Ido havar, Cimbrian haban, Alemannic German häbä.

Sample Sentences

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