The expression of 'I got it'

[sky3120]

A: You know what I mean?

B: I got it.


Here in the dialogue, the meaning of 'I got it' is 'I understood it' or 'I understand it'? And it comes from 'have got', meaning 'have' or a past form of 'get'?

I think it depends on context and in the dialogue, we can say 'I got it' is a reduced form of 'I've got it' and means the current state of understanding something.

What do you think? Thank you so much as usual and I really hope to hear from you again.

[Chicken Sandwich]

NOT A TEACHER

It's the past tense of "get". See here, definition #23.

[5jj]

It's the past tense of "get". See here, definition #23.

In the quotation to which you provided a link, It is undoubtedly the past tense. In 'I got it', I think it's possible to claim that it's an informal form of 'I've got it' (as 'I got to/gotta' are informal forms of 'I've got to'). However, we can't prove anything about most 'I got it' utterances, so I don't worry about it.

[sky3120]

Thank you so much, and the meaning of " we can't prove anything about most 'I got it' utterances, so I don't worry about it." is that even native English speakers have difficult in distinguishing in the usage?

[bhaisahab]

Thank you so much, and the meaning of " we can't prove anything about most 'I got it' utterances, so I don't worry about it." is that even native English speakers have difficult in distinguishing in the usage?

The context would usually tell us what is meant.

[sky3120]

Yes!! But sometimes we can't easily distinguish in some dialogues like the above one, isn't it?

[5jj]

Yes!! But sometimes we can't easily distinguish in some dialogues like the above one, isn't it?

If we can't tell, then it can't matter, can it?

[Rover_KE]

Thank you so much, and the meaning of " we can't prove anything about most 'I got it' utterances, so I don't worry about it." is that even native English speakers have difficult in distinguishing in the usage?

It means we don't care enough to waste time wondering about it.

Note that 'of' in your title is redundant. You have recently created other titles in that incorrect form - such as The word of understand instead of The word 'understand'.

Rover