HAVE SOMETHING DONE

HAVE SOMETHING DONE

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Take a look at these two sentence. What is the different in meaning btwen them ?

Perhatikan 2 kalimat . Apa perbedaan arti diantara mereka ?

‘I cut my hair’

‘I have my hair cut’

‘I cut my hair’. Means that I do it my self.

‘I have my hair cut’. Means someone cuts my hair for me (in this case it’s probably a hairdresser).

We use have something done to mean another person does a service for us.

Kita menggunakan “HAVE SOMETHING DONE” maksudnya orang lain yang melakukan pelayanan kepada kita.

The grammar for this is pretty simple:

Tata bahasa :

Have + Object + Past participle -> This is a causative formula

Let’s take a look at a few more example:

Perhatikan beberapa contoh lagi:

‘We didn’t want to cook so we had a pizza delivered.’

Means they want someone delivered pizza for them

‘I had my car washed at that new place by the station’.

Means someone washed my car at that new place for me.

‘I had my watch fixed.’

Means someone fixed my watch for me

We can also use ‘get’(in informal English) instead of ‘had’ and the meaning stays the same. The sentence above now become:

Kita dapat juga menggunakan ‘get’(dalam inggris informal) dari pada ‘had’ dan artinya tetap sama.

FUTURE

Masa yang akan datang

‘I had my watch fixed’ tell us about the past.

Means someone fixed my watch for me

‘I am going to have/ge my watched fixed’ tell us about the future

Means someone will fixed my watch for me.

‘Going to’ tells us about a future plan that has already been made.

‘Going to’ memberitahukan tentang akan direncanakan yang sudah siap untuk dijalankan.

We use ‘will’ for something that has just been decided:

Kita menggunakan ‘will” untuk sesuatu yang diputuskan:

‘I just noticed how dirty my suit is. I will have/get it cleaned soon.’

Means someone will cleaned my suit soon for me.

QUESTIONS

Imagine that you like your friend’s new hair cut; you could ask her;

Bayangkan kamu suka potongan rambut temen kamu; kamu dapat bertanya padanya:

 ‘Where did you have/get your hair cut ?’

Answer: ‘Where did you get your hair cut ?’

Means we use ‘get’ because we ask our friend so this is in the informal conversations.

Maybe you have just moved to a new town and you decided that it is time for a hair cut; you can ask:

Mungkin kamu sudah pindah ke kota kamu dan kamu memutuskan ini adalah waktu untuk potong rambut; kamu dapat bertanya padanya:

‘Where can I have/get my hair cut?’

Answer:’Where can I have my hair cut?’

Means  we use ‘have’ because we ask someone in the new town so this is in the formal conversations