the past form of have got to do in a negative sentence

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Hello again,

What is the past form of have got to do in a negative sentence? I only know positive and negative forms of have got to do for the present tense. And I also know the positive past form .

E.g. I have got to learn at least three foreign languages to get a good job in the
future.
E.g. I haven't got to learn that many new words in English by heart to get
by.
E.g. I had to learn Russian when I was a guy of 19.

But how about the past form of have got to do in a negative sentence?
Is it going to be like this?,

E.g I hadn't got to learn English when I was a boy. Is it correct? Or maybe this one below is correct? ,
I didn't have got to learn English when I was a boy.

looking forward to your replies,

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@ificouldreturnit,

Hmm,

The "I have got to learn" form is a bit informal, and it expresses an urgency or strong desire. The negative forms you suggest lose the sense of urgency. You wouldn't say "I haven't got to learn that many words....".

You would simply say "I don't have to learn that many words...".

The more interesting case is where it is urgent that you don't get something.

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@ificouldreturnit,

Not every idiom in the English language has a negative form...

Saying "I had to learn Russian when I was 19 years old" is the correct way to say that. The negative form would be "I didn't have to learn Russian when I was 19 years old".

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@ificouldreturnit,

"I haven't got to learn that many new words in English by heart to get by," isn't grammatical.

"I hadn't got to learn English when I was a boy," can be more grammatically written as, "I hadn't gotten to learn English when I was a boy."

"I didn't have got to learn English when I was a boy," can be more grammatically written as, "I didn't get to learn English when I was a boy."

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@ificouldreturnit,

"I didn't have to..."

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I appreciate you all for your replies. They are helpful. And thanks for correcting my mistakes! I got it.

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@InfraBlue,

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I haven't got to learn that many new words in English by heart to get by

This is perfectly grammatical.... it is colloquial, but there are Americans who say things like this in normal speech.

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@maxdancona,

maxdancona wrote:

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I haven't got to learn that many new words in English by heart to get by

This is perfectly grammatical.... it is colloquial, but there are Americans who say things like this in normal speech.

I've never come across this kind of construction.

I should have referred to it as "non-standard," then.

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