"to have" in sette lingue
Significatoto have
Spagnolo
/teˈneɾ/
altra origine · Latin TENĒRE 'to hold'
Haber (← HABĒRE) survives as the auxiliary (he comido) and in hay 'there is'; possession went to tener.
Francese
/avwaʁ/
ereditaria
Italiano
/aˈvere/
ereditaria
The h of ho, hai, ha, hanno is pure spelling, kept to tell ho 'I have' from o 'or'.
Portoghese
/teh/
altra origine · Latin TENĒRE 'to hold'
Rumeno
/aˈve̯a/
ereditaria
Catalano
/təˈni/
altra origine · Latin TENĒRE 'to hold'
Haver, from HABĒRE, survives as the auxiliary (he menjat 'I have eaten').
Inglese
/hæv/
inglese nativa · Old English habban
Despite the look-alike, 'have' is not related to HABĒRE; its Latin distant cognate is CAPERE 'to take'.
L’antenato latino
HABĒRE‘to have, hold’
Tutte e sei le sorelle discendono da questa parola, salvo diversa indicazione qui sotto.
La storia
French and Italian kept HABĒRE for both 'own' and the perfect auxiliary (j'ai mangé, ho mangiato). Spanish split the job: haber builds tenses, while 'having' passed to tener, literally 'to hold'.
Parenti inglesi: habit, inhabit, exhibit (HABĒRE); tenant, tenacious, retain (TENĒRE)
Imparala
In una frase
- esTengo dos hermanos.
- frJ'ai deux frères.
- itHo due fratelli.
- ptTenho dois irmãos.
- roAm doi frați.
- caTinc dos germans.
- enI have two brothers.