DAY 14: HAVE / HAVE TO / HAVE DONE

In English, we can use the verb “HAVE” in many ways. Here’s how:

The most common use of HAVE is to show POSSESSION of something. For example:

Please note that we have to use the HELPING VERB “do/does” for the NEGATIVE and INTERROGATIVE sentences.

The second have is in “HAVE TO” or “harus” in bahasa Indonesia. We use “HAVE TO” to show obligations. It has a similar meaning as the modal “must”. For example:

Please note that here we also have to use the HELPING VERB “do/don’t, does/doesn’t, did/didn’t” in questions and negative sentences in present and past.

This is the next English TENSE that we are going to talk about. This is one of the most commonly used TENSE in English that many Indonesian people are confused about.

Basically, we use this TENSE to talk about the things that “SUDAH/BELUM pernah kita lakukan”. We use this TENSE to talk about EXPERIENCES in our lives and also RECENT EVENTS that still have connections with NOW. For example:

Here is how we make sentences using PRESENT PERFECT TENSE. Those include positive, negative, and interrogative sentences:

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SUBJECTHAVEV3ADDITIONAL INFO
I/you/we/they/plural nounshaveeatentwice this day.
She/he/it/singular nounshasbrokenthe record.

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SUBJECTHAVENOTV3ADDITIONAL INFO
I/you/we/they/plural nounshavenoteatentwice this day.
She/he/it/singular nounshasnotbrokenthe record.

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HAVESUBJECTV3ADDITIONAL INFO
HaveI/you/we/they/plural nounseatentwice this day?
Hasshe/he/it/singular nounsbrokenthe record?

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