avea habar

== Romanian == === Etymology === Partial calque of Ottoman Turkish خبری اولمق (haberi olmak). === Pronunciation === === Verb === a avea habar (third-person singular present are habar, past participle avut habar, third-person subjunctive aibă habar) 2nd conjugation (informal, chiefly in the negative) to have a clue ==== Usage notes ==== The expression can be negated in two ways: The expected way is for the object habar to follow the verb: nu are/n-are habar (“has no clue”), nu a/n-a avut habar (“had no clue”). As part of a grammatically marked and intonationally unusual fixed expression, habar can directly precede the negated verb: habar nu are/n-are (“has no clue”), habar nu a/n-a avut (“had no clue”). The latter is the more common choice. ==== Derived terms ==== habarnamist habarnamism