I've

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ive"

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɪv/, /əv/

• Audio (US); /aɪv/:

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• Rhymes: -aɪv

Contraction

I've

2. Contraction of I +‎ have.

   Coordinate terms: I'd've, I'd (I had), I'd (I would); you've, he's, she's, it's, they've

Usage notes

• Like other affirmative contractions, this cannot appear at the end of a clause.
• In American English, it is usually used only when have is used as an auxiliary verb.

Synonyms

• chave (West Country, obsolete)

Derived terms

• I've got your nose
• I'ven't

Translations

I have

• Arabic: عِنْدِي (ʕindī), لَدَيَّ (ladayya), لِي (lī)
• Armenian: ես ունեմ (es unem)
• Azerbaijani: ... var
• Belarusian: у мяне́ (u mjanjé), у мяне́ ёсць (u mjanjé joscʹ), я ма́ю (ja máju) (possession)
• Bengali: আমার ... আছে (amar ... ache)
• Bulgarian: аз и́мам (az ímam), и́мам (bg) (ímam)
• Burmese: ...ရှိတယ် (...hri.tai)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 我有 (ngo⁵ jau⁵)

  Dungan: вә ю (və iu)

  Hokkien: 我有 (góa ū)

  Mandarin: 我有 (wǒ yǒu)

  Wu: 我有

• Czech: mám (cs)
• Danish: jeg har
• Dutch: ik heb
• Finnish: minulla on
• French: j'ai
• Galician: teño
• Georgian: მე მაქვს (me makvs) (inanimate), მე მყავს (me mq̇avs) (animate)
• German: ich habe

  Alemannic German: ich han, i han, ich ha, i ha,

• Greek: έχω μια (écho mia)
• Hebrew: יש לי (yesh li)
• Hindi: मुझको ... है (mujhko ... hai), मुझे ... है (mujhe ... hai)
• Hungarian: nekem van
• Icelandic: ég á
• Italian: ho (it)
• Japanese: 私は...があります (watashi wa ... ga arimasu) (animate), 私は...がいます (watashi wa ... ga imasu) (inanimate)
• Khmer: ខ្ញុំមាន (khñom miən)
• Korean: 저는 ~을 있어요 (jeo-neun ~eul isseoyo) (consonant), 저는 ~를 있어요 (jeo-neun ~reul isseoyo) (vowel), 나는 ~을 있어요 (na-neun ~eul isseoyo) (consonant), 나는 ~를 있어요 (na-neun ~reul isseoyo) (vowel)
• Lao: ຂ້ອຍມີ (khǭimī)
• Macedonian: јас имам (jas imam), имам (imam)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: jeg har

  Nynorsk: eg har

• Persian: من ...دارم (man ... dâram)
• Polish: mam (pl)
• Portuguese: (eu) tenho
• Russian: у меня́ (u menjá), у меня́ есть (u menjá jestʹ) (possession)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: имам

  Latin: imam (sh)

• Slovak: mám (sk)
• Slovene: imam (sl)
• Spanish: (yo) tengo, (yo) he
• Swedish: jag har
• Tajik: ман ... дорам (man ... doram)
• Thai: ผมมี (pǒm mii) (male speaker), ดิฉันมี (dii-chǎn mii) (female speaker)
• Turkish: ... var
• Ukrainian: у ме́не (u méne), у ме́не є (u méne je), я ма́ю (ja máju) (possession)
• Urdu: مجھ کو ...ہے (mujh kō ... hai)
• Vietnamese: tôi có

Anagrams

• VEI, VIE, vie