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How to ask 'Have you got...?' - a few basics

Ha un tavolo fuori?
Ne ho solo dentro

  • To say 'I've got', you say ho. To say 'We've got' you say abbiamo
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  • To ask 'Have you got...?' you say Ha...? - or Hai...? with people you are on first-name terms with. Note that the letter h is silent in Italian.


  • All these words come from the verb avere, 'to have'
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    Is it ho or ha? Try and work it out, then click to check

    un vino buonissimo
    un bicchiere?
    un tavolo per non fumatori?
    I have a very good wine
    Have you got a glass?
    Have you got a non-smoking table?


Click for more about 'avere' and other irregular verbs - 'volere, fare'


Click on 'start the activity' below. Read the sentences in English and build the Italian ones by dragging the correct word into the spaces.


1. Guess the words 2. Build sentences 3. Speak and write 4. Read the factfile

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