TO HAVE / TO GET SOMETHING DONE

TO HAVE / TO GET SOMETHING DONE

Causative use of have

If you 'have something done', you get somebody else to do something for you.

have + noun + past participle

See the difference between:

a) I’m going to have/get this chair restored

b) I’m going to restore this chair
En la frase a) yo voy a llevar la silla a alguien para que efectúe la restauración, mientras que en la b) soy yo mismo quien la efectúa.

Causative verb have can be used in any time form

· Liz and Meg are having their hair dyed.Liz y Meg se están haciendo teñir el pelo.

· Mr. Singer always has his suits made at the tailor's shop. El señor Singer siempre se hace hacer los trajes en la sastrería.

· Jake had his groceries delivered two hours ago.Le trajeron las compras a Jake hace dos horas.

· We had our house burgled last weekend.El fin de semana pasado entraron a nuestra casa a robar.

· Diane has had her printer cartridges refilled.Diane hizo recargar los cartuchos de su impresora.

· We'd just had our house fumigated.Habíamos acabado de hacer fumigar la casa.

· You should have your eyes checked.Deberías hacerte revisar los ojos.

· Jenny will have her ears pierced. Jenny se va a hacer perforar las orejas.

· Where did you have that photograph taken?¿Dónde le sacaron esa foto?

If we want to say the person who do/does the action, we could add "by + final agent" at the end of the sentence

· Susan had her car repaired by a mechanic Susan llevó el coche a un mecánico para que se lo arreglara

In informal English, we can replace 'have' by 'get'.

· I usually get my hair done at Luigi's.
Generalmente me peino en lu de Luigi.

· Martin got his tonsils removed yesterday.
A Martin le extirparon las amígdalas ayer.

· You must get this pipe fixed as soon as possible.
Debes hacer arreglar este caño lo antes posible.

We can also use 'have/got something done' in situations where something bad has happened to people or their possessions. This is not something they wanted to happen.

John had all his money stolen from his hotel bedroom.
We had our car damaged by a falling tree.
I got my nose broken playing rugby.

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