In the British sense, the got part could be seen as the past of get, and means that you already have got something so you already own it, it is there with you now. The Americans tend to use I have and the Brits I have got. I’ve got a car or I have a car is just a difference between BE and AE. I’ve got to pick up the kids from school. I’ve got to do something is different from the have got possession form, because the former goes with a verb and the latter goes with a noun. To the person who said that ‘have got’ is ‘used naturally by nearly all native speakers’ – that is simply not true. I myself use ‘have got’ sometimes (maybe more after having lived in the UK for some time), but only when in a situation where it’s something relevant to something else in the present moment, and if it’s something temporary rather than permanent – and I only ever ever use it in speech, never in writing. I am a native English speaker, but when I went to England for the first time I was surprised at how much the word ‘got’ was used, and I was particularly irritated by how people kept on saying ‘I’ve got’ when what they really meant is “I have”. Today I GOK out of bed yeah, and GOK to work so late yeah, and now I’ve GOK so much work to do yeah, but that’s what we GOKa do yeah… Doesn’t it grate on your ears? Just constantly hearing the word ‘got’ (which is usually pronounced with a glottal stop – like ‘GOK’). Saying “I’ve got a sister” is not only redundant (one extra word) and violates grammatical categories (being neither truly past simple nor past perfect), it also sounds ugly. A sister is something you either have or don’t. But to say “I’ve got a sister” is plain nonsense. If you say ‘I’ve got this book that says…’, that’s acceptable (in spoken language), because ‘got’ still implies something that is relevant to the present moment (like I’m going to tell you something interesting from the book) and is usually something more temporary. “Have got” is like a kind of grammatical Frankenstein’s monster, when you think about it. “I have got a sister” is neither the present perfect not the past simple it’s basically (wrongly) using the form of present perfect to express a past simple meaning. The present perfect is used when something in the past is now relevant to the present, like ‘I’ve gotten the drinks – we can all leave now’. You’re wrong that ‘have got’ is the Present Perfect tense. In fast connected speech, assimilation occurs with got in have got when the following word begins with a vowel sound.See the phonemic chart for IPA symbols used below. Had you got a headache yesterday? – less common.Did you have a headache yesterday? – more common.She had got a pink guitar when she was 13.She had a pink guitar when she was 13.have is more common than have got when talking in the past.Have got and have cannot be used in the progressive form to express the meanings above.Why has he got a tattoo? / Why does he have a tattoo?.Her office has got a nice view / Her office has a nice view.Have got and have are used to talk about characteristics.I’ ve got a headache / I have a headache.I’ ve got a bad cold / I have a bad cold.Have got and have are used to talk about illnesses.He’ s got three brothers / He has three brothers.Have you got a girlfriend? / Do you have a girlfriend?.Have got and have are used to talk about relationships.Has she got a car? / Does she have a car?.I’ ve got a new house / I have a new house.Have got and have are used to talk about possession.
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