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Have Got

Posesión con have got — uso británico

En inglés, especialmente en el inglés británico, 'have got' es la forma más común de expresar posesión. Decir 'I have got a car' es equivalente a 'I have a car', pero 'have got' suena más natural en conversaciones cotidianas del Reino Unido.

El error más frecuente de los hispanohablantes es omitir el verbo 'have' y quedarse solo con 'got': 'I got a car' existe en inglés informal americano, pero en el contexto de posesión presente, la forma correcta y estándar es 'I have got' o 'I've got'. 'Got' solo suele implicar que 'conseguiste' algo en el pasado.

Para negar, se usa 'haven't got' (I, you, we, they) o 'hasn't got' (he, she, it). Un error típico es usar 'don't have got' o 'doesn't have got', que son construcciones incorrectas: el auxiliar de 'have got' es el propio 'have', no 'do'.

Las preguntas se forman invirtiendo 'have' con el sujeto: 'Have you got a pen?' (no 'Do you have got?'). Las respuestas cortas solo usan 'have': 'Yes, I have.' / 'No, I haven't.' Nunca se repite 'got' en la respuesta corta.

La tercera persona del singular usa 'has got' (he, she, it). Este es otro punto de confusión: muchos estudiantes dicen 'he have got' por analogía con 'have got', olvidando que 'have' cambia a 'has'. La diferencia con el Present Simple ('do you have?') es que 'have got' no usa 'do/does' en preguntas y negaciones.

structure.txt
AFIRMATIVO:  SUJETO + have/has + got + OBJETO
NEGATIVO:    SUJETO + haven't/hasn't + got + OBJETO
PREGUNTA:    Have/Has + SUJETO + got + OBJETO?

I have got   →  I've got      →  Have I got?     →  I haven't got
He has got   →  He's got      →  Has he got?     →  He hasn't got
We have got  →  We've got     →  Have we got?    →  We haven't got

EQUIVALENCIA:
Have you got a car?  =  Do you have a car?
She's got a dog.     =  She has a dog.

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    She have got a new phone.

  2. 1.17.6.2

    I has got two brothers.

  3. 1.17.6.3

    They has got a big garden.

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    He have got a blue car.

  5. 1.17.6.5

    We has got a cat and a dog.

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    She's got a sister and he have got a brother.

  7. 1.17.6.7

    The house have got three bedrooms.

  8. 1.17.6.8

    Have you got any money? — Yes, I have got.

  9. 1.17.6.9

    Do you have got a pen?

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    She doesn't have got a car.

  11. 1.17.6.11

    Has she got a pet? — No, she hasn't got.

  12. 1.17.6.12

    They don't have got enough time.

  13. 1.17.6.13

    Does he have got a brother?

  14. 1.17.6.14

    I haven't got no money.

  15. 1.17.6.15

    How many children does she have got?

  16. 1.17.6.16

    Have you got any idea what time it is? — Yes, I've got.

  17. 1.17.6.17

    She's got long hair and have got brown eyes.

  18. 1.17.6.18

    My parents hasn't got a house in the city.

  19. 1.17.6.19

    Have got you a moment to talk?

  20. 1.17.6.20

    The hotel haven't got a swimming pool.

  21. 1.17.6.21

    I've got toothache since yesterday.