The many uses of get. A high school Spanish techer of mine once said learning another language can teach you more about your own.Learning spanish made me realize how many ways us English speakers use get.I decided to go over some of the ways: To receive something like a gift e.i "I get presents every Christmas."Also,to contract an illness or to have pain somewhere e.i "I don't want to get a cold right now.I got a head ache or stomach ache.It can mean to arrive somewhere e.i "Get home safe." " I got home at ten." Another is to become angry , sad or other emotions like "I get sad when it rains." "I got mad at her for saying that." Finally, get can be used for understand at times.If you are telling a joke and people laugh it is because they "get it"or understand the joke.It could also be you read an article you did not understand.In this case you could say "I don't get this".I'm sure in everyone's language journey they have experienced moments when they were starting to "to get" the grammer of the language they are learning.I look forward to learning more about English through Spanish. C