હોવું

Gujarati

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦo.ʋũ/

Verb

હોવું • (hovũ)

1. to be

   તે છોકરો સારો છે

   te chokro sāro che

   that boy is good

2. to exist

   ત્યાં એક હરણ હતું

   tyā̃ eka haraṇ hatũ

   a deer was there

3. 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.