Have something done - how to use the causatives HAVE and GET in the passive

There are two ways to clean your kitchen floor. One is to clean it yourself.

Hi ha dues maneres de netejar el terra de la cuina. Una d'elles és netejar-lo tu mateix.

And the other is to have it cleaned for you.

I l'altra és fer-te'l netejar per algú.

We can clean our teeth ourselves, but we can

Podem rentar-nos les dents nosaltres mateixos, però també podem

also go to the dentists to have them cleaned. Someone else performs the service.

anar al dentista per fer-nos-els rentar. Una altra persona realitza el servei.

It's the same with your hair. You can do it yourself, or you can go to the hairdressers

Passa el mateix amb el cabell. Te'l pots arreglar tu mateix, o pots anar a la perruqueria

and have it done for you. So let's look at these structures: doing it

i que ho facin per tu. Així doncs, anem a veure aquestes estructures: fer-ho

yourself, having it done for you. We've got the verb 'have', the object, and

tu mateix, fer-t'ho fer (having it done for you). Tenim el verb "have", l'objecte, i

then the third part of the verb. You can change 'have' to whatever tense you

llavors la tercera part del verb. Podeu canviar "have" al temps verbal que calgui

need. Don't confuse this structure with the present perfect.

No confonguis aquesta estructura amb el present perfecte.

What's happening here is that we're talking about a service that someone else is performing

El que succeeix aquí és que estem parlant sobre un servei que una altra persona està realitzant

for us. And something else. In spoken English, we

per a nosaltres. I una cosa més. En anglès parlat, sovint

often use 'get' instead of 'have'. It means the same thing.

utilitzem "get" en lloc de "have". Significa el mateix.

Let's look at some more examples. Ready? I'm getting hungry. Are you? What shall we

Vegem alguns exemples més. A punt? M'està agafant gana. I a vosaltres? Què podríem demanar

have for lunch? Let's get a pizza delivered. Love it! Good idea.

per dinar? Fem-nos portar una pizza. M'encanta! Bona idea.

Sorry, it's hard to hear you. We're having

Ho sento, és difícil de sentir-te. Ens estem fent

some work done on our heating system. Carter's dirty, Jay. Are you going to give

arreglar el sistema de calefacció. En Carter està brut, Jay. Que el banyaràs?

him a bath? I think I'll take him to the pet store and

Crec que el portaré a la botiga d'animals

have him washed. Hmph! Jay, there are nearly fifty thousand miles

a què el rentin. Hum! Jay, hi ha prop de cinquanta mil milles

on the clock. I know, we have to get it serviced. Yeah.

en el rellotge. Ja ho sé, l'hem de dur a fer-lo revisar. Sí.

Do you have the contract? Yes. What does it say?

Tens el contracte? Sí. Què hi diu?

I don't know. It's in Hungarian. Then we need to get it translated.

No ho sé. Està en hongarès. Llavors ens l'hem de fer traduir.

It's my mother's birthday next week. Oh. Shall we get some flowers delivered? Good idea.

És l'aniversari de la meva mare la setmana que ve. Oh. Et sembla que li fem arribar unes flors? Bona idea.

What time is it? It's time you got that watch repaired. Three o'clock.

Quina hora és? És hora que et facis arreglar el rellotge. Les tres en punt.

Did you spot them all? Let's review. Let's get a pizza delivered. Love it! Good idea.

Els has detectat tots? Anem a revisar-ho. Fem-nos portar una pizza. M'encanta! Bona idea.

We're having some work done on our heating

Ens estem fent arreglar el sistema de calefacció.

system. I think I'll take him to the pet store and

Crec que el portaré a la botiga d'animals

have him washed. I know, we have to get it serviced. Yeah.

a què el rentin. Ja ho sé, l'hem de dur a fer-lo revisar. Sí.

Then we need to get it translated. Oh. Shall we get some flowers delivered?

Llavors ens l'hem de fer traduir. Oh. Et sembla que li fem arribar unes flors?

It's time you got that watch repaired. There are two ways to clean your kitchen floor.

És hora que et facis arreglar el rellotge. Hi ha dues maneres de netejar el terra de la cuina.

One is to clean it yourself. And the other is to have it cleaned for you.

Una d'elles és per netejar-lo tu mateix. I l'altra és fer-te'l netejar per algú.

You missed a bit.

T'has oblidat un trosset.