got

Have; there is (indicates the possession or existence of something).

Verb Manglish, Singlish

  1. Have; there is (indicates the possession or existence of something).
    • You got problem is it?
    • Got ants over here.
    • Got car! Got car!
  2. Marks the completive or experiential aspect.
    • You got shower?
    • I got ski.
    • I got ski before.

    Synonyms: ever

  3. Used as a marker of realis modality.
    • I got go Taiwan next year.
  4. Used to emphasize that an action has been done.
    • I got tell them just now.
  5. Marks the habitual aspect in the present or past tense.
    • I got cook meals for them.
    • You got play badminton?

Origin

Analogous to Chinese 有, such as Hokkien 有 (ū), Cantonese 有 (jau⁵), Mandarin 有 (yǒu). Sense 1 is also comparable to Malay ada.

Derived

where got

Verb no past participle, no present participle

  1. Expressing obligation; used with have.
    • I can’t go out tonight: I’ve got to study for my exams.
  2. Must; have/has (to).
    • I got to go study.
    • We got to ride to clean up the streets / For our wives and our daughters! - 1971, Carole King, Gerry Goffin, “Smackwater Jack”, in Tapestry, Ode Records:
  3. Have/has.
    • They got a new car.
    • He got a lot of nerve.

Forms

got gots had

Verb form of, past

  1. simple past of get
    • We got the last bus home.
  2. past participle of get
    • By that time we’d got very cold.
    • I’ve got two children.
    • How many children have you got?

Synonyms

gotta

Derived

gotcha gotten ungot