Verbo To Have
El verbo To have se utiliza como el español haber para formar los tiempos compuestos.
También puede significar tener o tomar.
En la siguiente Tabla se muestra la conjugación de los tiempos simples del verbo To Have con el significado de Haber.
Tiempos simples del Verbo To Have
| Infinitive | Past | Participle |
|---|---|---|
| To have | Had | Had |
| (haber) | (había, hube) | (habido) |
Present Simple | ||
| Affirmative | Negative | Interrogative |
| I have | I have not | have I? |
| (yo he) | (yo no he) | (¿he yo?) |
| you have | you have not | have you? |
| (tú has) | (tú no has) | (¿has tú?) |
| he has | he has not | has he? |
| (él ha) | (él no ha) | (¿ha él?) |
| she has | she has not | has she? |
| (ella ha) | (ella no ha) | (¿ha ella?) |
| it has | it has not | has it? |
| (ha) | (no ha) | (¿ha?) |
| we have | we have not | have we? |
| (hemos) | (no hemos) | (¿hemos?) |
| you have | you have not | have you? |
| (habéis) | (no habéis) | (¿habéis?) |
| they have | they have not | have they? |
| (han) | (no han) | (¿han?) |
Past Simple * | ||
| Affirmative | Negative | Interrogative |
| I had | I had not | had I? |
| (yo había) | (yo no había) | (¿había yo?) |
| you had | you had not | had you? |
| (tú habías) | (tú no habías) | (¿habías tú?) |
| he had | he had not | had he? |
| (él había) | (él no había) | (¿había él?) |
| she had | she had not | had she? |
| (ella había) | (ella no había) | (¿había ella?) |
| it had | it had not | had it? |
| (había) | (no había) | (¿había?) |
| we had | we had not | had we? |
| (habíamos) | (no habíamos) | (¿habíamos?) |
| you had | you had not | had you? |
| (habíais) | (no habíais) | (¿habíais?) |
| they had | they had not | had they? |
| (habían) | (no habían) | (¿habían?) |
* El Past Simple además de corresponder al Pretérito Imperfecto español (yo había), también se corresponde con el Pretérito Perfecto Simple o Pretérito Indefinido: yo hube, tú hubiste, él hubo, nosotros hubimos, vosotros hubisteis, ellos hubieron.
En la conversación se suelen contraer las formas verbales, pero no se usan de forma escrita salvo que el escrito tenga un carácter informal o refleje una conversación.
Present Simple
| Affirmative * | Negative | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| I have | I've | I have not | I haven't |
| you have | you've | you have not | you haven't |
| he has | he's | he has not | he hasn't |
| she has | she's | she has not | she hasn't |
| it has | it's | it has not | it hasn't |
| we have | we've | we have not | we haven't |
| you have | you've | you have not | you haven't |
| they have | they've | they have not | they haven't |
* La contracción he's puede ser he is o he has y hay que determinar su significado en el contexto de la frase. Lo mismo sucede con she's y it's.
Past Simple
| Affirmative * | Negative | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| I had | I'd | I had not | I hadn't |
| you had | you'd | you had not | you hadn't |
| he had | he'd | he had not | he hadn't |
| she had | she'd | she had not | she hadn't |
| it had | it'd | it had not | it hadn't |
| we had | we'd | we had not | we hadn't |
| you had | you'd | you had not | you hadn't |
| they had | they'd | they had not | they hadn't |
* La contracción I'd puede ser I had o I would y hay que determinar su significado en el contexto de la frase. Lo mismo sucede con los demas pronombres personales.
Significados de To Have
El verbo To Have puede tener varios significados:
Como auxiliar, para los tiempos compuestos, To Have + participio.
I have run = Yo he corrido
She had played = Ella había jugado
Seguido de un infinitivo, To Have + infinitivo, significa Tener que.
I have to study the lesson = Tengo que estudiar la lección
To have + a + sustantivo se emplea para frases hechas.
To have a swim = Nadar
To have a rest = Descansar
También puede significar Tomar, cuando nos referimos a alimentos.
I have breakfast slowly = Tomo el desayuno despacio
Equivale a Tener, en el sentido de poseer algo o mencionar una cualidad de alguien.
En este caso, sobre todo en inglés británico, a la conjugación de To Have se suele añadir Got (participio del verbo to get, que no tiene traducción en este caso).
He has a new ball = He has got a new ball
Él tiene un balón nuevo (Las dos formas son correctas)
El verbo To Have Got se conjuga añadiendo GOT a la conjugación del verbo To Have. En la Tabla podemos ver, de forma simplificada, la conjugación de To Have Got con las formas que se pueden contraer.
Tiempos simples del Verbo To Have Got
Present Simple *
| Affirmative | Negative | Interrogative |
|---|---|---|
| I've got | I haven't got | have I got? |
| you've got | you haven't got | have you got? |
| he's got | he hasn't got | has he got? |
| * La 3ª persona figura en masculino he, pero es lo mismo para el femenino she o el impersonal it. Las demás personas son como la 1ª del singular, cambiando el pronombre personal. | ||
Past Simple *
| Affirmative | Negative | Interrogative |
|---|---|---|
| I had got | I hadn't got | had I got? |
| * Las demás personas son como la 1ª del singular, cambiando el pronombre personal. | ||
