«have» como verbo auxiliar: ‘ «have» + «objeto» + «participio de presente» ‘

I’ll have you driving in three days, (As a result of my efforts, you will be driving in three days); He had them all dancing, (He taught / persuaded them all to dance); I have them all talking to each other, (I encourage / persuade them all to talk to each other); Will you really have her driving in three days?; If you give all-night parties you’ll have the neighbours complaining, (The neighbours will complain / will be complaining); If film stars put their number in telephone books the’d have everyone ringing them up, (Everyone would ring / would be ringing them up); If you don’t put a fence around your garden you’ll have people walking in and stealing your fruit, (People will walk in and steal / will be walking in and stealing it, i.e. this will happen to you); When they move that bus stop, you won’t have people sitting on your steps waiting for the bus any more. When he became famous, he had people stopping him in the street and asking for his autograph (= When he became famous, people stopped him in the street and asked for his autograph). I won’t have him sitting down to dinner in his overalls. I make him change them. (I won’t / don’t allow him to sit down etc.)

[La construcción formada por ‘»have» + «objeto» + «participio de presente«‘ se usa con frecuencia con un periodo de tiempo futuro. Pero también puede usarse en el pasado o en el presente, y en forma interrogativa. No es frecuente que se use en la negativa. En «If you give all-night parties you’ll have the neighbours complaining, (The neighbours will complain / will be complaining),» «you’ll have» transmite la idea «esto te sucederá»; en «If film stars put their number in telephone books the’d have everyone ringing them up, (Everyone would ring / would be ringing them up),» «they’d have» transmite la idea «esto les sucedería». La construcción puede usarse en la interrogativa y la negativa. Se emplea sobre todo para acciones que serían desagradables para el sujeto de «have»: » «If you don’t put a fence around your garden you’ll have people walking in and stealing your fruit», (People will walk in and steal / will be walking in and stealing it, i.e. this will happen to you), pero se puede usar para una acción que no es desagradable: «When he became famous, he had people stopping him in the street and asking for his autograph,» ( = When he became famous, people stopped him in the street and asked for his autograph). ‘ «I won’t have» + «objeto» + «participio de presente» ‘ significa «I won’t/don’t allow this«. Este uso está restringido a la 1ª persona.]

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