Living a day with the verbs Have / Get / Take
After eating, buying coffee, taking the bus, and catching a cold — a day goes by with the three daily verbs have, get, take.
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Let's have lunch together.
have = to eat/drink (more natural than eat/drink). have lunch, have a coffee, have a drink.
I'll buy a coffee on the way.
get = to buy/receive/obtain (from not having to having). get a coffee, get a ticket.
I take the bus to work.
take = to ride/use (a mode of transportation). take the bus/subway/train/a taxi.
Could you take a picture of us?
take a picture/photo = to take a photo. 'shoot a picture' sounds awkward.
I caught a cold.
have = to have/get (an illness/symptom). have a cold, have a headache, have a fever.
I usually arrive home at 7 o'clock.
get = to arrive (to a place/state). get home, get to work, get there.
It takes 30 minutes.
take = (시간이) 걸리다. It takes 10 minutes/an hour. Use spend when a person is the subject.
- 1
Possession/Consumption = have (have lunch, have a cold), Change/Arrival = get (buy coffee, arrive home), Choice/Movement = take (take the bus, take a picture, take time).
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'Use get for change, take for action/movement, and have for possession/consumption'.
- have — eat/drink/have
- get — get/buy/arrive
- take — ride/take a picture/(시간) take
- a cold — cold (have a cold)
- on the way — on the way