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Message de charly_35 posté le 14-09-2007 à 15:09:31 (S | E | F | I)
Hi folks,
What's the difference between:
"I have a problem" and "I have got a problem".
If I use a tool to translate it into French, I get the same answer.
"J'ai un problème".
The sentence is translated in the present tense in both cases.
Thanks for your help,
Charles.
Message de charly_35 posté le 14-09-2007 à 15:09:31 (S | E | F | I)
Hi folks,
What's the difference between:
"I have a problem" and "I have got a problem".
If I use a tool to translate it into French, I get the same answer.
"J'ai un problème".
The sentence is translated in the present tense in both cases.
Thanks for your help,
Charles.
Réponse: what's the difference ... de bridg, postée le 14-09-2007 à 15:12:39 (S | E)
The same topic here
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Réponse: what's the difference ... de charly_35, postée le 14-09-2007 à 15:44:28 (S | E)
sorry ... I should have checked before in the grammar section.
Thank you very much,
Charles.
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Modifié par lucile83 le 14-09-2007 16:09
Réponse: what's the difference ... de colen, postée le 16-09-2007 à 11:21:49 (S | E)
Hello Charly 35
I think that
"I have a problem" : you usually have it
and "I have got a problem" : you suddenly have it.
friendly.
Réponse: what's the difference ... de ric2b24, postée le 18-09-2007 à 18:51:33 (S | E)
hi,
- I have a problem
or
- I have got a problem
it's the same thing, but with the second phrase you release the problem.
you give an other dimension at your problem.
do you see the situation ?
best ...
Réponse: what's the difference ... de chrislondon, postée le 18-09-2007 à 23:09:58 (S | E)
They mean the same. 'I have a probem' is the complete form and 'I've got a problem' is the contracted form. We usually use the contraction in informal Engish and the full form in more formal English.
Réponse: what's the difference ... de TravisKidd, postée le 19-09-2007 à 05:02:42 (S | E)
No, "I've got" is the contracted form of "I have got", not of "I have".
The two mean essentially the same. See the lesson on "(do) have" vs. "have got".
Réponse: what's the difference ... de charly_35, postée le 19-09-2007 à 15:46:18 (S | E)
Hello,
Thank you very much for all your answers.
It's more clear now.
See you later,
Charles.
Réponse: what's the difference ... de williamengland, postée le 06-11-2007 à 13:22:34 (S | E)
"Got" is very commonly used in english, but is considered a bit slangy and lazy. At school we were once set an exercise where we had to replace the various forms of "to get", with a less colloquial expression.
If there is any interest give me a day to think about it and I'll try and set up a similar exercise here.
