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have /have got



emansoliman
Egypt

have /have got
 
hi
i wonder when do we say(have )or (have got)
and the same of course for (has) or (has got)
is the only difference in their tenses:
have (is present simple tense)
have got (is present perfect)
thanks

21 Sep 2011      





dawnmain
United Kingdom

very easy - we tend to use have got when speaking as it is more informal than have.

21 Sep 2011     



chiaras
Italy

I �m not a native speaker, so I may be wrong, but I usually teach my students what follows:
 
Have/Has got= 1- possession (I �ve got a new car), 2 - family ties (I �ve got a very old aunt), 3- illness (I �ve got a terrible headache), 3- physical description (I �ve got dark hair)
 
Questions: have you got a brother?
Negative form= I haven �t got a brother
 
Have/has=1- possession, exactly like have got, 2- phrases like have a shower, have a word, have breakfast and so on.
 
Questions= Do you have a new cd-player? Do you have a shower every day?
Negative form= I don �t have a new car. I don �t have a shower every day
 
Hope it �s clear.Smile
 
Chiara
 
 
 
 
 

21 Sep 2011     



almaz
United Kingdom

Yes, I �d agree with Dawn. In UK English, �have got � (present tense, meaning �possess �) is standard in speech or prose representing speech. Some (North) Americans seem to have a problem with it - perhaps because of the distinction between the past participles �got � and �gotten � (possess and obtain).

Chiara, I think you have to distinguish between �have � as stative (I have a new cd player) and �have � as dynamic (I have a shower every day).

21 Sep 2011     



douglas
United States

This topic comes up once in a while:

 

21 Sep 2011     



chiaras
Italy

Almaz, yes, of course Have can be stative or dynamic, I thought it was understood in my message!
 
Have a nice evening!
Chiara

21 Sep 2011     



almaz
United Kingdom

Not quite...

21 Sep 2011