Have or have got in English

Have or have got in English

have or have got in English

When do you use have and when have got?

If you have the german word to have translated into English (and you want to express with that, that you own something or it is about relatives), so there are two possibilities.

You can either use the full verb or have the shape got got .

In British English, got got is still common, whereas otherwise one usually uses the full verb. Note the different forms (especially the negatives).

Especially for beginners, these two forms are very confusing.

1. Affirmative statements

German sentence have have got
I have a brother. I have a brother. I have got a brother.
I’ve got a brother.
You have a sister. You have a sister. You have got a sister.
You’ve got a sister.
He has a cat. He has a cat. He has got a cat.
He’s got a cat.
she has a dog. She has a dog. She has got a dog.
She’s got a dog.
It (the mobile phone) has a Bluetooth. It has Bluetooth. It has got Bluetooth.
It’s got Bluetooth.
We have books. We have books. We have got books.
We’ve got books.
You have a nice room. You have a nice room. You have got a nice room.
You’ve got a nice room.
They have pets. They have pets. They have got pets.
They’ve got pets.

If have got is used, that usually happens with the short form.

2. Negation

German sentence have have got
I do not have a brother. I do not have a brother. I have not got a brother.
I have not got a brother.
I do not have a brother. I’ve not got a brother.
You have no sister. You do not have a sister. You have not got a sister.
You have not got a sister.
You do not have a sister. You’ve not got a sister.
He does not have a cat. He does not have a cat. He has not got a cat.
He has not got a cat.
He does not have a cat. He’s not got a cat.
She has no dog. She does not have a dog. She has not got a dog.
She has not got a dog.
She does not have a dog. She’s not got a dog.
It (the mobile phone) has no Bluetooth. It does not have Bluetooth. It has not got Bluetooth.
It has not got Bluetooth.
It does not have Bluetooth. It’s not got Bluetooth.
We do not have books. We do not have books. We have not got books.
We have not got books.
We do not have books. We’ve not got books.
You do not have a nice room. You do not have a nice room. You have not got a nice room.
You have not got a nice room.
You do not have a nice room. You’ve not got a nice room.
You have no pets. They do not have pets. They have not got pets.
They have not got pets.
They do not have pets. They’ve not got pets.

3. questions

German question have have got
I have time? Do I have time? Have I got time? *
Do you have pets? Do you have pets? Have you got pets?
Does he have a computer?? Does he have a computer? Has he got a computer?
Does she have a mobile phone? Does she have a mobile phone? Has she got a mobile phone?
Does it (the bicycle) have fenders? Does it have mudguards? Has it got mudguards?
Do we have ketchup? Do we have ketchup? Have we got ketchup?
Do you have a yellow car?? Do you have a yellow car? Have you got a yellow car?
Do you have nice teachers? Do they have nice teachers? Have they got nice teachers?

* Since you also have time to own (= have), may also here have got be used.

Even with questions, negations are possible:

German question have have got
Do not you have a brother?? Do not you have a brother? Have not you got a brother?

4. Caution – sources of error!

4.1. The short forms ‘ve and’ s are only at the shape have got possible. The short form may not be used if have alone stands.

I’ve got a new mobile phone.

right not correct
I’ve got a new mobile phone.
Hey, got a new car. He’s a new car.

4.2. For questions with have got you need no auxiliary verb, have questions with have already. This also applies to negations.

right not correct
Have you got a garden? Do you have got a garden?
Do you have a pet? Have you a pet?
They have not got a brother. They have not a house.

4.3. Since the connection have got only means that you have or own something, you can not always have With have got replace.

sentence have got have
I have a brother. I’ve got a brother. I have a brother.
I had an accident (and I am injured). wrong: I had got an accident. I had an accident.
We had lunch. wrong: We had got lunch. We had lunch.

In English, it is possible in colloquial language that when using got got the auxiliary verb has been omitted.

Thus, from the German sentence (We have a problem.) In the written language → We’ve got a problem.

Spoken the sentence sounds like this → We got a problem.

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