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When should I say я имею rather than у меня?

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in most cases we use у меня. у меня голубые глаза. - I've got blue eyes. у меня есть машина - I've got a car. у меня есть дочь. - I've got a daughter. я имею is used in formal speech. for example when we read personal profiles of businessmen or politicians it's usually so: родился... учился... работал... имеет сына 15 лет. я имею is usually formal, у меня (есть) sounds more colloquial.
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у меня есть or у меня имеется is really most often used. я имею (претензию предъявить, мнение озвучить) is used as a rule in very formal Russian with a 'liturature' colour... lunch time...

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