To have in Spanish 🇪🇸

Pronunciation

normal speech: te-NER

7 months ago

tener info.

Tips to remember the word ‘tener’:
1. Associate it with the phrase “to have to” as in necessity; “Tengo que estudiar” (I have to study).
2. It shares a “t” with “to have,” indicating possession.
3. Think of “tener” when discussing age, as in “¿Cuántos años tienes?” (How old are you?).

Other words that mean the same thing:
– Poseer (to possess, often used for ownership)
– Contar con (to count on, also can mean rely on but implies having)

Tener is an infinitive. Here are some of its conjugations:

Present (Presente):
– yo tengo (I have)
– tú tienes (you have)
– él/ella/usted tiene (he/she/you formal have)
– nosotros/nosotras tenemos (we have)
– vosotros/vosotras tenéis (you all informal have)
– ellos/ellas/ustedes tienen (they/you all formal have)

Imperfect (Imperfecto, past habitual):
– yo tenía (I used to have)
– tú tenías (you used to have)
– él/ella/usted tenía (he/she/you formal used to have)
– nosotros/nosotras teníamos (we used to have)
– vosotros/vosotras teníais (you all informal used to have)
– ellos/ellas/ustedes tenían (they/you all formal used to have)

Preterite (Pretérito, completed actions in past):
– yo tuve (I had)
– tú tuviste (you had)
– él/ella/usted tuvo (he/she/you formal had)
– nosotros/nosotras tuvimos (we had)
– vosotros/vosotras tuvisteis (you all informal had)
– ellos/ellas/ustedes tuvieron (they/you all formal had)

Future (Futuro):
– yo tendré (I will have)
– tú tendrás (you will have)
– él/ella/usted tendrá (he/she/you formal will have)
– nosotros/nosotras tendremos (we will have)
– vosotros/vosotras tendréis (you all informal will have)
– ellos/ellas/ustedes tendrán (they/you all formal will have)

Conditional (Condicional, would do something):
– yo tendría (I would have)
– tú tendrías (you would have)
– él/ella/usted tendría (he/she/you formal would have)
– nosotros/nosotras tendríamos (we would have)
– vosotros/vosotras tendríais (you all informal would have)
– ellos/ellas/ustedes tendrían (they/you all formal would have)

Examples in sentences:
– Tengo dos hermanos. (I have two brothers.)
– Tenías razón sobre el clima. (You were right about the weather.)
– Ella tuvo una idea genial. (She had a great idea.)
– Tendremos que tomar una decisión pronto. (We will have to make a decision soon.)
– Si tuviera más tiempo, aprendería otro idioma. (If I had more time, I would learn another language.)
– ¿Cuántos años tienes? (How old are you?)

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