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What is the difference between have you and did you ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between have you and did you ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
and how to use that ?
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- English (US)
Have/has = utilisé avec participe passé (have seen, have done, have had, have gone, have made, etc)
Did = passé composé du verbe auxiliaire "do"
Have you seen this movie before? (à un moment donné dans le passé)
Did you see this movie yesterday? (un moment précis ou récemment)
Have you eaten breakfast yet? (utilisé avec "déjà", c'est encore le matin ou c'est aujourd'hui)
Did you eat breakfast this morning? (ce n'est plus le matin)
J'espère que ça vous aide. Si vous avez des exemples, ou vous avez besoin de plus d'exemples, vous me direz 😊
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- French (France)
thank you, so ,
We say "did you go to this party?" and "have you take this road before?"
but why do we say "have you finish your homework?" and not " did you finish your homework?" ?
"did you" is "recently" , so why did we say "did your breakfast this morning?"
We say "did you go to this party?" and "have you take this road before?"
but why do we say "have you finish your homework?" and not " did you finish your homework?" ?
"did you" is "recently" , so why did we say "did your breakfast this morning?"
- English (US)
"This morning" is recent and it's a specific time in the past.
With "have" you must use the past participles:
Have you *taken
Have you *finished
And actually, both of those sentences could be said, and it's difficult to say if it matters which one you say.
"Did you finish? is just past. You're asking about an activity that happened before but not necessarily has relevance to the present. Have you finished? is just asking for the state of the action that has just completed or you at least expect it to be soon."
"Both questions are grammatically correct and acceptable in any situation. Some native speakers would tell you that they see no difference between the two question forms."
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- French (France)
i undurstand bettere now , thank you for all explications.
- English (US)
Glad to help! 😊👍
Encore une chose :
to explain = expliquer
explanation = explication
Highly-rated answerer
- French (France)
ha ok ... ;) thank you for you all explainations , then
- French (France)
one more question , about "but then" and "so" at the beginnig of a sentence.
do i have to say "ok , so why do we say ...." or "ok , but then why do we say ...." ?
do i have to say "ok , so why do we say ...." or "ok , but then why do we say ...." ?
- English (US)
@mlt84 depending on the context, they could convey the same meaning. Otherwise, "but then" could mean you're acknowledging the other person's comment and then proceeding to say something that you feel contradicts it, while "so" could come before a follow-up question. However, I need more context to give a definitive answer.
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- French (France)
Hi, your anwser is good for me, the time has given me the answer. One month ago it is a question for me but today I realize it wasn't lol . When your answered me (today) I readed back my question and I said to myself "why I ask" lol. But your answer has given me more details.
Thank you.
Thank you.
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