{"id":15308,"date":"2021-11-17T09:00:29","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T14:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=15308"},"modified":"2021-11-16T13:14:53","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T18:14:53","slug":"spanish-power-verbs-tener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/spanish-power-verbs-tener\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanish Power Verbs – Tener"},"content":{"rendered":"

Learning so-called “power verbs” is a great way to improve your fluency in Spanish. We’ve had a few posts about Spanish power verbs over the years. Here are links in case you missed any of the previous posts: necesitar<\/a>, querer<\/a>, gustar<\/a>, poder<\/a>, and ir<\/a>. In this post, we’ll take a look at yet another power verb – tener<\/em>, meaning “to have.”<\/p>\n

Conjugation in Simple Present<\/h2>\n

Tener<\/em> is an irregular verb and it’s a very useful one to know. Once again, let’s begin by learning the conjugation of this power verb in the simple present:<\/p>\n

Yo tengo
\nT\u00fa tienes
\nUsted tiene
\n\u00c9l tiene
\nElla tiene
\nNosotros tenemos
\nUstedes tienen
\nEllos\/ellas tienen<\/div>
I have
\nYou have (familiar)
\nYou have (formal)
\nHe has
\nShe has
\nWe have
\nYou have (plural)
\nThey have<\/div>
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As usual, yo<\/em>, t\u00fa<\/em>, and nosotros<\/em> are all implied, so it’s not necessary to say the pronouns. For example, simply saying “Tengo<\/em>” means “I have.” I’ve been learning Spanish in Latin America where the pronoun vosotros<\/em> (you all, informal) isn’t used, but if you’re going to Spain and are curious, “vosotros ten\u00e9is<\/em>” is the correct conjugation.<\/p>\n

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Tenemos clase de espa\u00f1ol en la tarde.<\/p><\/div>\n

Learning the conjugation of this Spanish power verb is very helpful, as it’s used in many different expressions. Here are just a few examples:<\/p>\n