| S.P.A.N.I.S.H. H.E.L.P.S VERBS: TENER . . . . . (TO HAVE) . . . . . VERBOS: TENER |
| TENER tenGO tienES tienE tienE tenEMOS tienEN |
yo tu el / ella Ud. nosotros ellos/ellas/Uds. |
| PRESENT TENSE |
| TENER: EXAMPLES 1. Yo tengo dos libros. I have two books. 2. Ella tiene buenas amigas. She has good friends. 3. Ellos tienen los boligrafos. They have the pens. |
| TENER IDIOMS: EXAMPLES 1. El tiene suen~o. He is sleepy. 2. Nosotros tenemos exito. We are successful. 3. Ellas tienen frio. They (girls) are cold. 4. Paulo no tiene sed. Paulo is not thirsty. |
| TENER idioms: tener suen~o - to be seepy tener frio - to be cold tener calor - to be hot tener hambre - to be hungry tener sed - to be thirsty tener exito - to be successful tener .... ddd |
| Note: The "e" for pronoun "el" must be accented. I am unfortunately unable to produce accented letters on this program. My apologies for the inconvenience. Note: TENER is a "stem-changing" verb, where the E becomes IE. Other verbs with the E => IE stem-change include: COMENZAR, DESPERTARSE, DIVERTIRSE, EMPEZAR, ENCENDER, HELAR, PENSAR, PERDER, NEVAR, SENTARSE, SENTIR, SENTIRSE. |