Have \ has had and had had

[Ahmed_harbi]

Hello everyone.

I have had a car, that mean I don't have It anymore right?

But when I say:
I had had a car, it still mean the same or not.

In the first one It Is present perfect, and the second one past perfect.

Regards

 

[emsr2d2]

Hello everyone.

I have had a car, that mean I don't have It anymore right?

But when I say:
I had had a car, it still mean the same or not.

In the first one It Is present perfect, and the second one past perfect.

Regards

I have had a car for three years = you still have the car.
I have had a car in the past = you probably don't have a car now.

I had had a car ... - this would only make sense when followed by something else. Can you write a whole sentence using "I had had a car"?

 

[Ahmed_harbi]

For example:
I had had a car when I lived In New Zealand

 

[Tdol]

That doesn't work- the two things are at the same time and the past perfect is for the first of two linked actions.

I had had a car before I moved to New Zealand.

 

[Raymott]

I don't think a car is a good example to demonstrate the use of "had had".
"I had a car before I moved to New Zealand" works just as well. There's still no need for the past perfect unless more elements are added.

 

[emsr2d2]

We can use the car if we add some information.

When I moved to New Zealand, I bought a car. I had had a car before, of course, but never in a foreign country.

 

[Ahmed_harbi]

Thank you all for your help it always confused me but not any more thank’s to you.