¿Cómo usar have y have got? Seguro que alguna vez has dudado entre usar uno u otro, pues te contamos la diferencia y le damos también un repaso al verbo have en este post.

Lo primero para saber cómo usar have y have got es que su significado es el mismo, da igual si usamos uno u otro (aunque have got es más informal) y en realidad la confusión para nosotros viene cuando lo usamos para indicar posesión. Ahora que sabemos que para indicar posesión el significado es el mismo, hay que tener en cuenta que la estructura no lo es, porque construimos la frase de manera diferente con have y con have got. Observa

E.g.
I have a headache. / I’ve got a headache.
They don’t have any children. / They haven’t got any children.
Do you have a camera? / Have you got a camera?
He has a problem. / He’s (has) got a problem.
She doesn’t have blue eyes. / She hasn’t got blue eyes.
Does he have a new car? / Has he got a new car?

Puesto de otra forma, para que te resulte más fácil comparar cómo usar have y have got

I / you / we / they > HAVE // HAVE GOT (‘ve got)
he / she / it > HAS // HAS GOT (’s got)

I / you / we / they > DON’T HAVE // HAVEN’T GOT
he / she / it > DOESN’T HAVE // HASN’T GOT

DO you / we / they HAVE …? // HAVE you / we / they GOT …?
DOES he / she / it HAVE …? // HAS he / she / it GOT …?

Una cosa que es muy importante recordar es que solo usamos have got en presente simple, para los demás tiempos verbales usaremos have.

E.g.
He will have his new car tomorrow.
She had a headache yesterday.
Did you have a nice day?
They didn’t have a camera.

Es importante saber cómo usar have y have got, y sobre todo reconocer have got porque, si te fijas, aparece mucho en series, pelis, canciones…

E.g.
I’ve got to go > I gotta go
We’ve got to get out of here > We gotta get out of here
I’ve got to get up > I gotta get up
do what you’ve got to do > …you gotta do

Nuestra recomendación es que aprendas primero bien el verbo have con todas sus formas y usos porque es mucho más general y te va servir para todos los tiempos verbales y luego ya te lances a usar have got.

Para que quede aún más claro cómo usar have y have got vamos a darle un repaso al verbo have:

Have – formas y usos

el verbo have es un verbo irregular, y por tanto sus formas en pasado simple y participio perfecto son diferentes: have, had, had.
Recuerda que have puede usarse como verbo principal pero también lo usamos a menudo como verbo auxiliar (por ejemplo en present perfect).

en presente simple: have / don’t have o bien has / doesn’t have (tercera persona singular)
en past simple: had / didn’t have
en present perfect: have had / haven’t had o bien has had / hasn’t had

Las palabras job and work son palabras que utilizamos a diario, aunque no siempre de manera correcta, porque nos cuesta ver la diferencia entre una y otra. En el post de hoy te damos las claves para que aprendas a usar job and work correctamente.

Let’s work on it!

JOB es un sustantivo contable (countable noun) y se refiere a trabajo en el sentido de puesto de trabajo o empleo, lo que haces para ganar dinero, tu ocupación.

What do you do? What’s your job?
I love my job. I’m a nurse.
He finally found a job last week.
She had two jobs, she worked as a scientist and also as a part-time teacher.
Young people have more difficulties to find a job.
Are you looking for a new job?

Job también puede referirse a una tarea o un trabajo en particular, como por ejemplo

I had a few jobs to do at home this month, like painting and installing a new floor.
My parents always find little jobs for me to do in the garden.
He is retired but he has lot of jobs (things to do) to keep himself busy.

Podemos encontrar la palabra job en expresiones como:

A job interview
To look for a job
To apply for a job
To find / get a job
To lose / leave / quit a job
A full-time / part-time job
A permanent / temporary job
A rewarding / challenging job

WORK puede ser un sustantivo incontable (uncountable noun) o un verbo. Como sustantivo, es más general que job y se refiere a trabajo en general, en el sentido de actividades o esfuerzos que haces (como parte de tu trabajo o no) para conseguir algo. También puede hacer referencia a tu lugar de trabajo.

I work as a nurse. I love my job.
I’m busy. I have a lot of work at the moment.
A large part of the work we do involves using computers.
Doing the cleaning at home it’s a lot of work.
He starts work at 8 o’clock every morning.
I usually go to work by train.
Would you like to go for a drink after work?

Podemos encontrar la palabra work en expresiones como:

A hard/difficult work
A lot of work
To work hard
To start/leave/finish work
To go/get to work
To be at work

Como verbo, podemos utilizar work con diferentes preposiciones:

You work in a city or area.
E.g. He works in Madrid.

You work in a place such as a bank, shop, etc.
E.g. She works in a library.

You work at / for a company or organisation.
E.g. They work at the city council.
I work at / for a consulting firm.
He works at LMI bank.

You work in an industry or a type of job.
E.g. She works in advertising.

You work as a waiter, cashier, accountant, etc.
E.g. He works as a cook.
I work as a design consultant.

You work on a project or task.
E.g. Several people worked on the report.
I’m working on a market analysis.

You work with people or things.
E.g. They work with children in need.
We work with dangerous chemical substances.

Para que te resulte más fácil te dejamos esta infografía con ejemplos de uso correcto e incorrecto de job and work.

Y finalmente para ponerte a prueba y ver si lo tienes claro puedes realizar este ejercicio.

Completa con job o work las siguientes frases:

I _____ part-time at a restaurant.
She has two _____ to support her family.
They usually finish _____ at 19 p.m.
He is trying to find a _____ in advertising.
I started _____ when I was 20.
She’s not here right now. She’s at _____.
We had a full-time _____ at a local university.

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