To have es un verbo irregular. Se utiliza como verbo auxiliar y también como verbo ordinario.
Tiene tres formas básicas a tener en cuenta:
- Infinitive: to have
- Simple past: had
- Past participle: had
Otros formatos del tiempo presente que conviene recordar:
Verb TO HAVE in present tense
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Affirmative
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Negative
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Interrogative
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I have
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I have not
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Have I?
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you have
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You have not
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Have you?
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He has
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He has not
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Has he?
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She has
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She has not
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Has she?
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It has
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It has not
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Has it?
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We have
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We have not
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Have we?
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You have
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You have not
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Have you?
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They have
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They have not
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Have they?
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Verb TO HAVE contracted forms
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Affirmative
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Negative
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Long form
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Short form
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Long form
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Short form
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I have
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I’ve
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I have not
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I haven’t
I’ve not
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you have
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You’ve
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You have not
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You haven’t
You’ve not
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He has
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He’s
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He has not
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He hasn’t
He’s not
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She has
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She’s
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She has not
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She hasn’t
She’s not
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It is
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It’s
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It is not
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It hasn’t
It’s not
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We have
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We’ve
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We have not
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You haven’t
You’ve not
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You have
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You’ve
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You have not
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You haven’t
You’ve not
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They are
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They’re
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They are not
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They haven’t
They’ve not
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HAVE GOT AND CONTRACTED FORMS
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Have
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Have got
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Affirmative
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Negative
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Affirmative
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Negative
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I have a sister
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I have not a sister
I haven’t a sister
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I have got a sister
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I have not go a sister
I haven’t got a sister
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you have a friend
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I have not a friend
You haven’t a friend
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You have got a friend
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You have not got a friend
You haven’t got a friend
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He has a mobile
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He has not a mobile
He hasn’t a mobile
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He has got a mobile
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He has not got a mobile
He hasn’t got a mobile
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She has a sister
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She has not a sister
She hasn’t a sister
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She has got a sister
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She has not got a sister
She hasn’t got a sister
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It has a radio
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I has not a radio
It hasn’t a radio
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It has got a radio
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It has not got a radio
It hasn't’ got a radio
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We have a sister
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We have not a sister
We haven’t a sister
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We have got a sister
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We have not got a sister
We haven’t got a sister
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You have a car
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You have not a car
You haven’t a car
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You have got a car
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You have not got a car
You haven’t got a car
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They have a house
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They have not a house
They haven’t a house
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They have got a house
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They have not got a house
They haven’t got a house
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Nota: con respecto a las "contracciones" de los verbos to be y to have, es muy común utilizar la contracción con este verbo, ej.: haven't and lugar de have not (que se ve más en la forma escrita); del mismo modo, con respecto al verbo to be, también se utilizan más las contracciones de dicho verbo en la forma coloquial.
To have
Como verbo ordinario tiene utilidad indicativa, como la posesión de objetos, individual, colectiva, características, relaciones, etc.
Examples:- She has a job in the USA.
- They have a football team.
- My wife has a beautiful face.
- You have a unique talent.
Have / have got
"Have got" significa lo mismo que "have" en la mayoría de los casos. También se puede usar para indicar posesión de objetos e ideas similares.
Examples:
- John has got a blue suit.
- You have two messages.
- I have got money in the bank.
To have como verbo auxiliar
Se utiliza en la formación de distintos tiempos: present perfect, past perfect, future perfect así como las formas perfectas del continuous e incluso del conditional perfect, etc. Recuerde que el verbo to have cambiará su forma dependiendo del número, el sujeto y el tiempo del verbo. Para cerciorarse vea la conjugación completa en el siguiente enlace.