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| − | + | "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 <i>eating, inviting, carrying, or experiencing</i>. | |
*We're having tuna casserole tonight. | *We're having tuna casserole tonight. | ||
Revision as of 13:10, 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 3rd and 4th examples refer to an event that is in motion as the speaker speaks.
- 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
