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How a sentence is built · CEFR A1 · Starting
Have as a real verb means own or hold. He, she and it take has; everybody else takes have.
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I have a car.
I / you / we / they have · he / she / it has
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मेरे पास एक कार है।
I have a car.
Have as a real verb means own or hold. He, she and it take has; everybody else takes have.
I have a bike.
Have as a real verb means own or hold. He, she and it take has; everybody else takes have.
I have a phone.
Have as a real verb means own or hold. He, she and it take has; everybody else takes have.
I have a bicycle.
Have as a real verb means own or hold. He, she and it take has; everybody else takes have.
The shape
I / you / we / they have · he / she / it has
Say what you own, and who you have in your family.
In Hindi
have का मतलब है रखना या होना। he, she, it के साथ has, बाक़ी सबके साथ have।
CoCap explains every structure in both languages, because a rule you understand in Hindi is a rule you can use in English.
The sentence Indian-English speakers actually produce, and the reason it is wrong.
| Commonly said | Correct English |
|---|---|
He have two brothers. | He has two brothers. With he, she or it, have becomes has. |
Easiest first. Every sentence is authored, with the Hindi it comes from.
I have a car.
मेरे पास एक कार है।
I have a bike.
मेरे पास एक बाइक है।
I have a phone.
मेरे पास एक फोन है।
I have a bicycle.
मेरे पास एक साइकिल है।
I have two books.
मेरे पास दो किताबें हैं।
I have a little time.
मेरे पास थोड़ा समय है।
also correct: I have some time.
I have two brothers.
मेरे दो भाई हैं।
I have one sister.
मेरी एक बहन है।
also correct: I have a sister.
He has a dog.
उसके पास एक कुत्ता है।
also correct: She has a dog.
He has a new car.
उसके पास नई कार है।
also correct: She has a new car.
Where this structure sits in the ladder, and what surrounds it.
have / has for owning is a CEFR A1 structure — the starting band — and it belongs to how a sentence is built. CoCap’s syllabus files every structure this way so you can learn in order instead of jumping between whatever a search happened to return.
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