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Gujarati
Etymology
Inherited from Old Gujarati , from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀳𑁄𑀤𑀺 (hodi), 𑀪𑁄𑀤𑀺 (bhodi), from Sanskrit भवति (bhavati), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰáwHati, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéwHeti. Cognate with Hindi होना (honā), Marathi होणे (hoṇe). Nepali हुनु (hunu), Punjabi ਹੋਣਾ (hoṇā).
Pronunciation
Verb
હોવું • (hovũ)
- (transitive, copulative) to be (used to indicate that the subject and object are the same)
તે છોકરો સારો છે- te chokro sāro che
- that boy is good
- (intransitive) to exist
ત્યાં એક હરણ હતું- tyā̃ eka haraṇ hatũ
- a deer was there
- an auxiliary verb
તે જમ્યો હતો- te jamyo hato
- he has eaten
તું કામ કરતી હતી- tũ kām kartī hatī
- you were working
પેલો સૂતો જ હશે- pelo sūto ja haśe
- that guy must be sleeping (the speaker expects the subject to be sleeping)
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.