Have to & Have got to

Os verbos have to e have got to so comumente usados para expressar obrigaes e necessidades do locutor, ou obrigaes e necessidades impostas por regras sociais, ticas e morais, que independem de vontades e desejos pessoais. importante lembrar que:

Tanto have to quanto have got to se ligam ao verbo seguinte sempre com to;

Have to conjugado como verbo principal, enquanto have got to, como auxiliar (vide tabelas abaixo);

Have got to somente usado na forma afirmativa; na negativa e na interrogativa, use as formas de have to;

De modo geral, os dois verbos so sinnimos, mas no se usa have got to para falar de obrigaes ou necessidades habituais, freqentes.

Have to Affirmative Form I have to Negative Form I don't have to Question Form do I have to...?

you have to he has to she has to it has to we have to you have to they have to

you don't have to do you have to...? he doesn't have to does he have to...? she doesn't have to it doesn't have to we don't have to does she have to...? does it have to...? do we have to...?

you don't have to do you have to...? they don't have to do they have to...?

Have got to Affirmative Form I have got to you have got to he has got to she has got to it has got to we have got to you have got to they have got to Rare Rare Negative Form Question Form

Exemplos: I have got to work tonight. You have to pay taxes income tax or else you'll end up in

prison. Do you have to be patient to be a teacher? If she wants to lose weight, she has to cut down on candies.
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