llewăre

[ˈʎewəɾe]

1. transitive verb To carry, to take, to transport.

2. transitive verb To wear (clothes).

3. transitive verb To raise, to lift, to put something up.

4. periphrastic verb It expresses a repetitive action or a process under development. It is followed by a gerund. It corresponds roughly to present perfect continuous in English. Example: Se llewe pluggant tot ou dïe, it has been raining all day.

5. periphrastic verb It expresses a finished action. It is followed by a participle in gender and number agreement with the direct object. It corresponds roughly to present perfect in English. Example: Jo llewe lleggatas cincent paggas de dou llïur, it have read fifty pages of this book.

Etymology: From Latin levare.

hawăre

[ˈawəɾe]

1. auxiliary verb To have (used in compound tenses). It is followed by a participle. Example: Mou marit hast -mi deixat, my husband has left me.

2. transitive verb To have (possession or ownership). Example: J’heh ũn’aut nou, I have a new car.

3. impersonal verb It expresses existence or presence. It is always conjugated in singular with the pronoun se. Example: S’hast moutas cosas qwe façre, there are many things to do.

Etymology: From Latin habere.

~ de 

[ˈawəɾe de]

1. periphrastic verb It expresses an external obligation with respect to the speaker, like “to have to”. It is followed by an infinitive. Example: Tots hawèms de complăre as lleixas, everybody has to obey the laws.