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Anonymous

#155669 Sun, 06 Nov 05 01:49 PM

Hi all,

I'd like to know if i can say: 'have you got it' insted of 'did you got it' when someone is talking to me and then ask me that question to see if i [have] understood him.

I suppose this is because in my mother tongue we tend to use the present perfect for recent events.

Please , what's the difference in these cases?.

is it correct to say : have you got it?

and the sentence above ' ... if i have understood him' is correct?

Regards,

Anonymous

Present perfect, Regards

pieanne

#155681 Sun, 06 Nov 05 03:20 PM

Hello, Anon,

You can't say "did you got it", you need a bare infinitive after "did" (and "do" and "does"), but maybe it was simply a typo Smile [:)] . It should read "did you get it?"

As to your question, I can't tell you whether it's idiomatic or not, sorry. I guess you can hear it, but to my non-native ears, if sounds more like someone were asking whether the person is in the possession of something.

pieanne

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I'm glad to help, but I'm not a native! And please excuse my typos...

Clive

#155778 Sun, 06 Nov 05 09:05 PM

Hi guys,

Yes, 'to get it' is an idiomatic way of saying 'to understand it'.

I can ask someone 'Do you get it?', or 'Did you get it?' or 'Have you got it?'. I can even use future, eg I don't think I'm going to get my teacher's explanation'. All tenses are possible in theory.

In practice, we usually use this of the past and present rather than the future, and often shorten it simply to 'Got it?' or 'Get it'? Here's a short conversation:

Boss: Get it?

Employee: Got it!

I'm not sure if I completely answered the original question. If not, please write again.

Clive