Translation
to have
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Examples
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I have two hands.
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Do you have time?
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He does not have a house.
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They have a lot of books.
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What have you got in your hand?
Havi is "to have", and it is a plain transitive verb, so whatever is possessed takes the accusative: mi havas domon, ili havas multajn librojn. Esperanto builds its perfect tenses with esti and a participle, so havi never helps another verb the way English "have" does. For "there is", reach for estas rather than havi.
Where this fits
Word family
Words built on havi with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- enhaviverb
to contain, to hold
enhavi
- havaĵonoun
property, possessions, belongings
havi-aĵ-: something one has
- haveblaadjective
available, obtainable
havi-ebl-: able to be had
- havemaadjective
acquisitive, greedy for possessions
havi-em-: inclined to have
- malhaviverb
to lack, to go without
mal-havi: the opposite of having
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havi: worksheet, infographic and listicle
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This word is taught in chapter 1, lesson 8: havi, nur, tuta and 11 more words.