હોવું
Gujarati edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Gujarati [Term?], 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 edit
Verb edit
હોવું • (hovũ)
- to be
- તે છોકરો સારો છે
- te chokro sāro che
- that boy is good
- 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 edit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.