Present Simple of Primary Verb "Have"


To Have  (tener) is mainly used in the sense of possession as a primary verb and it                is used in Perfect tenses as an auxiliary verb.              
Affirmative                                          Negative                   Interrogative
I  have / I`ve got ( yo tengo )          I have not (got)            Have I got?            
You have/ You´ve got ( tu tienes )   You have not (got)      Have you got?
He has/ He has got ( el tiene )         He has not (got)         Has he got?
She has/ She´s got ( ella tiene )       She hasn´t (got)        Has she got?
It has / It´s got ( eso tiene )               It hasn´t (got)            Has it got?

We have/ We´ve got ( nosotros tenemos)     We haven´t (got)      Have we got?
You have ( ustedes tienen )                           You have not got      Have you got?
They have/ They´ve got ( ellos tienen )         They haven´t            Have they got?

We can also use the verb DO accompanying the verb "have" to express the same 
meaning: I do not have/ It doesn´t have/ We don´t have/ Do you have?/Does it have?
Always without "got"  (Don´t get confused with AmE get/got/gotten "conseguir")
Podemos usar Do acompañando el verbo Have, siempre sin got! 
No confundir con inglés Americano
Have got is used normally in BrE in its contracted form even in written language.
"Have got"se puede usar de forma contraída y puede haber interrogativas negativas.
Sólo podemos añadir "got" cuando se habla de posesión y relaciones.
En inglés americano "have"se omite en lengua coloquial: We have got a problem
There can be negations in questions too:    Haven´t you got...?


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