From the verb "To Get" it has its 6 main uses or meanings:
1. Recibir
2. Coger
3. Llegar a
4. Obtener, conseguir, comprar
5. Cambio de estado (reflexive verbs, make, put)
6. Phrasal Verbs
1. Get used when receiving letters, news, gifts, emails etc.
Get works as an alternative to receive.
For example:
- What did you get the day of love and friendship?
- Did you get the email I sent you?
- The day of my birthday I get flowers.
- The task will only be get by mail.
- What did you get on your birthday?
2. In this case, get can be used as an alternative to coger when using take to catch / take.
For example:
- I'm going to get a taxi.
- I'm going to get a book to read.
- I do not get what he's trying to say.
- Can you get me the screwdriver?
- I'm going to get a coffee.
3. Get used as llegar a especially if it involves movement.
Llegar a/ arrive at / to get to. N
ever says "to arrive to"
Get is used as an alternative to arrive at.
For example:
- We must get to the meeting on time.
- What time does the train get to station?
- I hope to get to work early tomorrow because I have a lot to do.
However, if the arrival involves movement, if you want to say how to get there or how long it takes to arrive, you have to use get (to). The preposition to represents movement. Instead, at represents position.
- How do you get to the bus station from here?
- Can you tell me how to get to the museum?
4. G
et used in this case in the sense of obtener, conseguir, comprar - new work, new car, clothes, results
For example:
- I've got a new job at the beginning of the year and I've loved it!
- Now he wants to get a promotion.
- We'll have to get a good mark in the exam if we want to continue with the course next year.
- I need to get some new clothes for work.
- Did you get any milk at the supermarket?
5. It is used to get more the past participle (the form of the verb that usually ends with -ado or -ido in Spanish and with -ed in English) or an adjective to represent the process of changing from one state to another. In Spanish some reflexive verbs are used or the verb is made / put more.
For example:
- be married = to be married
- get married = to get married
Marry / to get married describes the change of state from being single to being married.
For example:
- They get married next week.
You can also use get to get or get done, for example:
- I need to get fit.
- They got rich by investing in oil.
- She got ill.
- I’m getting old!
6. Phrasal Verbs (verb + preposition)
There is a lot of phrasal verbs that have been get.The most important are the following:
For example:
To get up = levantarse
He gets up at 7 o'clock every day.
To get over = overcome, recover, pass over (of a physical object)
- I have not got / gotten over my cold yet.
To get around = desplazarse
- The best way to get around Bogotá is by bicycle.
To get away (from) = escapar de
- Do not let them get away!
To get on = subir a (moto, bicicleta, avion etc)
- My sister is afraid of getting on a motorbike.
Thanks For Your Attention
Evelyn López
