I got hung up on contractions this morning regarding the word “you’ve”. Normally, I’d say “you’ve got a problem”, which expands to “you have got a problem”, which isn’t wrong, but I normally wouldn’t say. Not contracting, I’d say “you have a problem”, so then should I just say “you’ve a problem”? That sounds weird in my head. Is this just a US English problem?
“You’ve a problem” actually still works, but it’s an older way of saying it
Tom Scott recently did a video about this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkZyZFa5qO0
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You’ve a problem is proper English as well, albeit more often used in the UK than in NA, feel free to use it!
'uve problm bruv?
English is weird. It can be understood through tough thorough thought, though
My god it’s a tongue twister for my internal monologue.
Yes, English is weird.
‘Bough’ and ‘cough’ are not pronounced the same. ‘Bough’ and ‘bow’ are pronounced the same. ‘Knee’ and ‘Leigh’ are pronounced the same. ‘Neigh’ and ‘nay’ are pronounced the same. ‘Polish’ (the nationality) and ‘polish’ (as in what you do to a metal object) are not pronounced the same. ‘Tear’ (as in to rip) and ‘tear’ (as in to cry) are spelled the same, but not pronounced the same. Other words which are spelled the same, but pronounced differently:
resume / resume present / present record / record close / close use / use live / live
‘Bough’ and ‘bow’ are pronounced the same
Except, of course, when “bow” is pronounced “bow” instead.
English has quite many problems in a lot of components. It is not phonemic and is very complex. That is one of the main reasons I got interested in learning Esperanto. It is simple, phonemic and planned to be good.
Bonan tagon al ĉiuj esperantistoj ĉi tie.
Saluton, kiel vi?
You’ve got mail!
Goodbye!
Tom Scott has a great video on contractions.
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It depends on your emphasis. “You HAVE got a problem there,” doesn’t sound weird when you emphasize the have. You’ve a problem doesn’t sound weird, just a bit British.
You’ve mail!
People do say that though.
