VERBO “TO HAVE”

Este verbo tiene varios significados:

1. Significado “TENER” → I have a red car.

She has red hair.
*Cuando HAVE significa “TENER” podemos usar la palabra GOT pero sólo en presente.

PRESENTE I have got a red car. = I’ve got a red car.

She has got red hair. = She’s got red hair.
PASADO When I was young I had a red car. (no “I had got a red car”)
When she was young she had red hair. (no “she had got red hair”)

*Cuando HAVE significa “TENER” podemos hacer las preguntas y las negaciones con el
verbo auxiliar DO o con el verbo HAVE +GOT, pero sólo en presente.

Do you have a red car? = Have you got a red car?

Does she have red hair? = Has she got red hair?

You don’t have a white car. = You haven’t got a white car.
She doesn’t have brown hair. = She hasn’t got brown hair.

PASADO Did you have a bike when you were a child? (no “Had you got a bike?”)

*Cuando usamos el auxiliar DO nunca usamos GOT. (no “Do you have got a bike?”)

*Con el resto de significados de HAVE nunca usamos GOT y siempre usamos el auxiliar DO
para preguntas y negaciones.

2.Significado “COMER” y “BEBER” → I have toast and jam for breakfast.

She has a bit of wine at lunch time

PREGUNTA What do you have for breakfast?

NEGACION She doesn’t have wine at lunch time.

3.Expresiones con HAVE. HAVE se traduce con distintos verbos en español cuando aparece en
expresiones como las siguientes:

HAVE A GOOD TIME Pasárselo bien

HAVE A SHOWER Ducharse
HAVE A BATH Bañarse
HAVE A LETTER Recibir una carta
HAVE A CALL Recibir una llamada
CAN I HAVE A COFFEE? ¿Me pone un café?
CAN I HAVE THE BILL? ¿Me trae la cuenta?

4.En tiempos compuestos como el PRESENTE PERFECTO, HAVE significa “HABER”.

I have lived in Barbastro for 3 years. Yo he vivido en Barbastro durante 3 años.

She has finished her homework. Ella ha terminado los deberes.