Infinitive
havi
Forms
Tenses
| Present | havas |
| Past | havis |
| Future | havos |
| Conditional | havus |
| Imperative | havu! |
Participles
| Active past | havinta |
| Active present | havanta |
| Active future | havonta |
| Passive past | havita |
| Passive present | havta |
| Passive future | havota |
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. substratebor.?
3. Proto-Indo-European *kap-der.
4. Proto-Germanic *habjaną
5. Proto-West Germanic *habbjan
6. Old English habban
7. Middle English haven
8. English havebor.
9. Esperanto havi
10. Borrowed from English have, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to have”). Compare German haben, Swedish hava. See: English '
have', Proto-Germanic '
*habjaną', German, old spelling '
haben', Swedish '
hava'.
Verbs referencing "havi"
Ido havar.
Sample Sentences
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Mi havas elektran torĉon, sed mi ne havas bateriojn. (I have a flashlight, but I don't have batteries.)
Translations
have, to possess
possess, to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner