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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.


    Réponse: what's the difference ... de bridg, postée le 14-09-2007 à 15:12:39 (S | E)
    The same topic here
    Lien Internet

    See you


    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.




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