Tener
Tener – to have
Tengo Tenemos
Tienes Tenéis
Tiene Tienen
Possession
The simplest and
most common use of ‘tener’ is to show
possession.
1. Tengo un perro.
I have a
dog.
2. Tenemos cinco dolares.
We have five dollars.
3.
Tienes un hermano.
You have one brother.
4.
Tenéis una casa bonita.
You all have a pretty house.
5. Juan tiene un gato.
John has a cat.
6. Ellos tienen los tenedores.
They have the forks.
Traducción
1. I have ten
dollars.
2. You have my
books.
3. She has a
diamond (el diamante).
4. He has the
knives (el cuchillo) and the spoons (la cuchara).
5. We have a new
house.
6. All of you [informal] have many friends.
7. They have many
cousins.
8. I don’t have the
money.
9. Who has my keys (la llave)?
10. Why do you have
a bird (el pájaro) in your car?
Age
In
English, we use the verb “to be” to show age: “I am twenty-nine
years old.” In Spanish, however,
one has years:
Tengo veintinueve años.
When
asking the age of someone or something, you literally ask how many years a
person or
thing has.
·
¿Cuántos
años tienes tú? How old are you?
·
¿Cuántos
años tiene Juan? How old is Juan?
·
¿Cuántos
años tiene el
coche? How old is the car?
·
¿Cuántos
años tienen ellos?
How old are they?
4·2
Traducción
1. I am years old [state how old you are].
2. You are fi fteen years old.
3. Sanja is forty-six years old.
4. My car is four years old.
5. How old are you?
6. How old is the president?
7. Those boys are fi fteen years old.
8. Her cat is eight years old.
9. Our house is one hundred years old.
10. How old are they?
Idiomatic expressions with tener
There are several
phrases in Spanish that use tener where we use the
verb “to be” in English to express the same meaning. For example, instead of
the English “being hungry” (“to be” adjective), one “has hunger” (“to have” noun) in Spanish. Below is a list of the most common of
these idiomatic expressions. Note that in the examples, mucho or mucha indicates whether a noun is masculine
or feminine.
·
tener (mucha)
hambre to be (very) hungry
·
tener (mucha)
sed to be (very) thirsty
·
tener (mucho)
frÃo to be (very) cold
·
tener (mucho)
calor to be (very) warm
·
tener (mucho)
miedo to be (very) afraid
·
tener (mucho)
orgullo to be (very) proud
·
tener (mucha)
suerte to be (very) lucky
·
tener (mucha)
prisa to be in a (big) hurry
·
tener (mucho)
sueño to be (very) sleepy
·
tener razón to be right
·
no tener razón
to be wrong
Traducción
1. I am hungry.
2. You’re thirsty.
3. He’s cold.
4. We’re lucky.
5. They (male) are in a
hurry.
6. I am very hungry.
7. You’re very thirsty.
8. He’s warm.
9. I’m very lucky.
10. You all are in a big hurry.
11. I am very proud of my daughters.
12. They (male) are always
right.
Obligation
To show obligation, use the following pattern,
conjugating tener to correspond to the subject.
tener _ que _ infinitive
·
Tengo que practicar el piano.
I have to practice the piano.
·
¿Tenemos que comer esta carne?
Do we have to eat this meat?
·
Tienes que estudiar.
You have to study.
·
Tenéis que limpiar la casa.
You all have to clean the house.
·
Juan tiene que
estudiar.
John has to study.
·
Ellos tienen
que bailar.
They
have to dance.
Traducción
1. I have to read
this book.
2. You have to
watch this program.
3. Tony Manero has
to dance.
4. He has to open
the store every morning.
5. We have to
decide now.
6. You all have to
write thank-you letters (la carta
de agradecimiento).
7. They [m.] have to
sell their car.
8. I don’t have to eat this soup.
9. You have to take the medicine.
10. We have to buy the wine for the party.
Traducción
VOCABULARIO
a propósito on purpose
el arco arch
el banco bench
el espacio space
el/la gerente manager
incómodo uncomfortable
la lista list
la manga sleeve
el menú, la carta menu
el paÃs country
las papas fritas french fries
el precio price
el uniforme uniform
Hi.
I work at McDonald’s. I have to work every Friday and Saturday, and I have to
wear a uniform. The uniform is white and orange and (of course) it has yellow
arches on the sleeves. We have a new menu today, and therefore I have to study
the list and the prices. I have to be in the restaurant early in the morning.
We have twenty tables in our restaurant. There aren’t any chairs because we
have benches. The benches in “fast-food” restaurants are Uncomfortable on
purpose: The customers “eat and run” and, therefore, there is always room for
more customers. There are McDonald’s in almost every country in the world.
Every McDonald’s has hamburgers and french fries. I live in Dublin. Ireland has
almost one hundred McDonald’s. My manager is twenty years old.
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