hê

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "he"

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch hebben, from Middle Dutch hebben, from Old Dutch hebben, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“to grasp”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɦɛː/
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Verb

hê (present het, present participle hebbende, past had, past participle gehad)

  1. (auxiliary) to have

Usage notes

This verb is highly irregular in Afrikaans due to the fact that it has a different present form from its infinitive form. The present form is used as an active verb with a pronoun. This verb also has a rarely used preterite form, had.

Derived terms

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of hê – see 蝦 (“shrimp; prawn; lobster; to bend; to curve; to flex; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 蝦).

Jersey Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Dutch heel.

Pronunciation

Adverb

hê

  1. very
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