got.
Expressing obligation; used with have.
Meaning & usage
Expressing obligation; used with have.
I can’t go out tonight: I’ve got to study for my exams.
Must; have/has (to).
I got to go study.
Have/has.
They got a new car.
He got a lot of nerve.
Have; there is (indicates the possession or existence of something).
You got problem is it?
Got ants over here.
Marks the completive or experiential aspect.
You got shower?
I got ski.
Used as a marker of realis modality.
I got go Taiwan next year.
Used to emphasize that an action has been done.
I got tell them just now.
Marks the habitual aspect in the present or past tense.
I got cook meals for them.
You got play badminton?
Where this word comes from
Analogous to Chinese 有, such as Hokkien 有 (ū), Cantonese 有 (jau⁵), Mandarin 有 (yǒu). Sense 1 is also comparable to Malay ada.
simple past of get
We got the last bus home.
past participle of get
By that time we’d got very cold.
I’ve got two children.
simple past of git
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.