hava
Meaning
dated form of ha
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att hava | to dated form of ha |
|---|---|---|
| Present | haver | jag haver |
| Past | hade | jag hade |
| Supine | haft | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har haft | jag har haft |
| Past perfect | hade haft | jag hade haft |
| Future | ska hava | or: kommer att hava |
| Conditional | skulle hava | jag skulle hava |
| Imperative | hav! | a command |
| Present participle | havande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | havd | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | havas |
|---|---|
| Present | havs |
| Past | hades |
| Supine | hafts |
Group 4: strong and irregular verbs. Strong verbs change their vowel and have a supine in -it (skriva, skrev, skrivit); irregular ones such as göra and ha follow no pattern. Both have to be learned one by one. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use haver. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise hava
1 / 2Yesterday I … (hava). Which is the past tense?
Questions
What does hava mean in English?
hava means “dated form of ha”.
What is the past tense of hava?
The past tense of hava is hade (“jag hade”). The supine is haft, used in “jag har haft”.
What is the present tense of hava?
haver, the same for every person: jag haver, du haver, vi haver.
Nearby common words
hava is number 1,514 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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