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.
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.
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.
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. |