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Sentence #2157

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wma wma 20 de setembre de 2010 20 de setembre de 2010 a les 19:10:49 UTC flag Report link Enllaç permanent

Better would be "Do you already have a beard?"

blay_paul blay_paul 20 de setembre de 2010 20 de setembre de 2010 a les 19:19:38 UTC flag Report link Enllaç permanent

I think this depends on how well it matches the other translations.

Have you had a beard before?
Have you a beard already?
and
Do you already have a beard?

are all valid English sentences, but they all mean something different.

wma wma 21 de setembre de 2010 21 de setembre de 2010 a les 15:38:58 UTC flag Report link Enllaç permanent

What's the difference between "Have you a beard already?" and "Do you already have a beard?" ?

I can't imagine a native English speaker saying the former, and though it may be grammatically correct, it doesn't sound natural.

blay_paul blay_paul 21 de setembre de 2010 21 de setembre de 2010 a les 16:17:34 UTC flag Report link Enllaç permanent

I should really emphasise that the original
"Have you had a beard before?"
is the most likely sounding sentence of all of them. Does it really not match any of the translations?

saeb saeb 21 de setembre de 2010 21 de setembre de 2010 a les 16:23:28 UTC flag Report link Enllaç permanent

I think the original did match the french well (if I'm not mistaken)...that leaves 3 other languages to check against

wma wma 22 de setembre de 2010 22 de setembre de 2010 a les 14:18:34 UTC flag Report link Enllaç permanent

Well I would say that the German and Spanish _don't_ match the original, but match the latest: they're both in the present tense whereas the original is in the perfect tense.

Shishir Shishir 22 de setembre de 2010 22 de setembre de 2010 a les 14:29:23 UTC flag Report link Enllaç permanent

The Spanish version matches the latest version, "have you a beard already?", and I think the French and German translations too; but the Portuguese one matches "Have you had a beard before?".

FeuDRenais FeuDRenais 22 de setembre de 2010 22 de setembre de 2010 a les 14:36:41 UTC flag Report link Enllaç permanent

"Have you a beard already?" is fine, IMO. It's terse, and maybe a bit poetic, but it sounds nice.

kebukebu kebukebu 22 d’octubre de 2010 22 d’octubre de 2010 a les 2:26:42 UTC flag Report link Enllaç permanent

It didn't sound natural to me, so I adopted it and took a third route.

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Have you already a beard?

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Have you a beard already?

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Have you got a beard already?

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