Difference between revisions of "Have"
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**<span style="color:darkred;">... meet</span>ing the production schedule. | **<span style="color:darkred;">... meet</span>ing the production schedule. | ||
**<span style="color:darkred;">... get</span>ting paid. | **<span style="color:darkred;">... get</span>ting paid. | ||
Revision as of 13:13, 27 September 2019
Contents
Forms
- dictionary form (bare infinitive): have
- present tense: has (3s), have (1s/p, 2s/p, 3p)
- past tense: had
- present participle: having
- past participle: had
light verb
"Have" est un verbe (comme get, put, make, etc.) qui peut remplacer d'autres verbes plus précis dans le langage courant. Ci-dessous des exemples typiques des phrases où "having X" serait plus fréquemment utilisé dans la langue de tous les jours que les verbes plus précis pour décrire l'activité, tel eating, inviting, carrying, or experiencing.
- We're having tuna casserole tonight.
- They're having us over for dinner.
- I'm having a baby.
- I'm having contractions.
The above are all events, though because be + ing represents either current or future time in 1-3, only the 4th examples necessarily refers to an event that is taking place as the speaker speaks.
Some further examples:
- We're having (some) trouble ... Ving
- ... meeting the production schedule.
- ... getting paid.
- I'm having (some) trouble with...
- the fridge
- the microwave
- the sales figures
- this door
