got

verb

1. 1

   Expressing obligation; used with have.

   I can’t go out tonight: I’ve got to study for my exams.

2. 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!

3. 3

   Have/has.

   They got a new car.

   He got a lot of nerve.

verb

1. 1

   Also a form of getsimple past of get

   We got the last bus home.

2. 2

   Also a form of getpast participle of get

   By that time we’d got very cold.

   I’ve got two children.

   How many children have you got?

3. 3

   Also a form of gitsimple past of git

verb

1. 1

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

   You got problem is it?

   Got ants over here.

   Got car! Got car!

   “Got lighter or not?”

2. 2

   Marks the completive or experiential aspect.

   You got shower?

   I got ski.

   I got ski before.

   You got send [e-mail] meh? I never receive leh.

3. 3

   Used as a marker of realis modality.

   I got go Taiwan next year.

4. 4

   Used to emphasize that an action has been done.

   I got tell them just now.

5. 5

   Marks the habitual aspect in the present or past tense.

   I got cook meals for them.

   You got play badminton?

Forms

past tense

had

third person singular

gots