# 14. The Verb “Tener”

- **Time range:** 00:52:38 – 00:59:03  (duration 00:06:25)
- **Source:** [A Complete Guide To Every Fundamental In Spanish (The Conclusion)](https://youtube.com/watch?v=YHDZSHCt1DE&t=3158s)

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**[00:52:38]** verb T in Spanish means to have and it's

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> tener - to have )) (Nosotros) (Td) (Vosotros) (i) (Ellos)

**[00:52:41]** actually a handy verb to use both in English and Spanish but its concept is a bit tricky to use in Spanish and in this video I'll explain this verb as efficiently as possible in English the

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> To have in English I have We have You have Y'all have He/She/It has | They have

**[00:52:49]** syntax of the have is easy to remember

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> To have in English | have We have You have Y'all have He/She/It has | They have

**[00:52:51]** because have stays have for five pronouns and only changes to has in the

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> To have in English | have We have You have Y'all have He/She/It has | They have

**[00:52:54]** he she it pronoun so that it sounds better for these pronouns like I said in my IR video the verb T likewise has tricky uses that are not that complicated with ir there's a big

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> Ir- to go to go to go to

**[00:53:03]** difference between saying to go and to go to to go means to go somewhere in

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> Ir- to go to go to go to (in general) (do something)

**[00:53:07]** general whereas to go to indicates that one will do something in the near future

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> To have in English to have to have to

**[00:53:11]** the verb to have both in English and Spanish has the same concept of to have and to have to to have indicates that

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> To have in English to have to have to (own or possess (do something) something)

**[00:53:16]** one owns or possesses something whereas to have two demonstrates that one has to do something in the close future for instance I can say a sentence like I

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> To have in English to have to have to (own or possess (do something) something) | have a dog

**[00:53:24]** have a dog which doesn't use the preposition two because I literally own something but on the other hand I can say I have to leave which uses the

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> To have in English to have to have to (own or possess (do something) something) J I have a dog I have to leave

**[00:53:31]** preposition two because it indicates an

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> To have in English to have to have to (own or possess (do something) something) J | have a dog | have to leave

**[00:53:32]** action that will be done by me in the close future with the addition of using

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> To have in English to have to have to (own or possess (do something) something) J | have a dog I have to leave

**[00:53:36]** an infinitive leave after two and in Spanish the verb T works the same exact way with a bit more variety at first the

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> Tener - to have (stem-changing)

**[00:53:42]** verb T is actually a stem changing verb meaning that you have to change the stem of the verb to make it sound better when the word is said just like with the verb po the St changing rule will only apply

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> Tener - to have (stem-changing) ONLY applies to tu, él, and ellos

**[00:53:51]** in the two L and AOS pronouns in this case the verb T falls into to the E to e

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> Tener - to have (stem-changing) ONLY applies to tu, él, and ellos e->ie

**[00:53:56]** category meaning that you take T and

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> Tener - to have (stem-changing) ONLY applies to tu, él, and ellos e->ie te -> tie

**[00:53:58]** change it to T and this St will only

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> Tener - to have (Yo) (Nosotros) tenemos (Tu) tienes | (Vosotros) tenéis (El) tiene | (Ellos) tienen

**[00:54:01]** apply in the two L and AOS pronouns noos and vosotros will not use the stem changing rule because Spanish says that these words sound good enough when they're normally said the ending of all

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> Tener - to have (Yo) (Nosotros) tenemos (Tu) tienes | (Vosotros) tenéis (El) tiene | (Ellos) tienen

**[00:54:09]** conjugations perfectly follows the syntax of verbs ending in e r but the trickiest thing to remember with the conjugations of T is that the yo pronoun is also irregular by technicality you would want to say yo but Spanish says

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> Tener - to have (Yo) tieno (Nosotros) tenemos (Tu) tienes | (Vosotros) tenéis (El) tiene | (Ellos) tienen

**[00:54:21]** that this word sounds bad when said so instead you would Sayo y Tango means I

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> Tener - to have (Yo) tengo | (Nosotros) tenemos (Tu) tienes | (Vosotros) tenéis (El) tiene | (Ellos) tienen

**[00:54:26]** have and that's the syntax of the yo

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> Tener - to have ia irregular (Yo) tengo | (Nosotros) tenemos (Tu) tienes | (Vosotros) tenéis (El) tiene | (Ellos) tienen

**[00:54:27]** pronoun being irregular to TS you have L he has noos we have Vos y'all have and AOS they have with the verb ten I recommend that you focus on all pronouns except vosotros because the

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> Tener - to have (Yo) tengo | (Nosotros) tenemos (Tu) tienes (Wostros}taneis (El) tiene | (Ellos) tienen

**[00:54:43]** sentences that you can make with them are very useful just like I said in the

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> Tener - to have to have to have to (own or possess (do something) something) J | have a dog | have to leave

**[00:54:46]** beginning of the video there's a big difference between using to have as to have and to have to to have indicates that one possesses something like I have a dog and to have two means that said

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> Tener - to have to have to have to (own or possess (do something) something) | have a dog | have to leave

**[00:54:55]** one has to do something such as I have to leave following an infinitive after the preposition two both of these sentences work the same exact way in Spanish but there's one slight difference that many people especially students fail to acknowledge and that is the preposition too you might remember

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> Ir (a) - to go (to) Yo voy a la escuela I'm going to the school

**[00:55:07]** me saying that with the verb you'll need to put the preposition a after a conjugation of like I'm going to the school which uses as to with the verb you might think the

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> Tener - to have (to) Yo tengo a salir I have to leave

**[00:55:19]** similarly use the preposition a such as I have to leave but this would be

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> Tener -toh (to) Yote salir ave to leave

**[00:55:24]** wrong in Spanish what you instead have to do is instead of using the preposition a you have to use as to

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> Tener (que) - to have (to) Yo tengo a salir

**[00:55:30]** instead of saying yo you would

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> Tener (que) - to have (to) Yo tengo que salir

**[00:55:33]** say which would mean I have to leave I

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> Tener (que) - to have (to) Yo tengo que salir | have to leave

**[00:55:36]** literally don't know why Spanish does that but I do know that yo I have to indicates a modern meaning like I must

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> Tener (que) - to have (to) Yo tengo que salir | have to leave

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> Tener (que) - to have (to) Yo tengo que salir Y J I must | have to leave J

**[00:55:43]** rather than I have to so whenever you say you're basically saying I have to leave or I must leave and the same principle applies to any pronoun you want to use with the verb you have to

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> Tener (que) - to have (to) Ir (a) - to go (to)

**[00:55:52]** use as two in order to indicate something something that you have to do with the verb e you have to use the preposition a as to in order to indicate something that you're going to do in English you can say I have to do my

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> Tener (que) - to have (to) Ir (a) - to go (to) | have to do my homework

**[00:56:02]** homework or I'm going to do my homework

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> Tener (que) - to have (to) Ir (a) - to go (to) | have to do my I'm going to do my homework homework

**[00:56:04]** and in both phrases the preposition two

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> Tener (que) - to have (to) Ir (a) - to go (to) | have to do my I'm going to do my homework homework

**[00:56:06]** stays to however if you want to say these phrases in Spanish you will say

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> Tener (que) - to have (to) Ir (a) - to go (to) | have to do my I'm going to do my homework homework Yo tengo que Yo voy a hacer mi hacer mi tarea tarea

**[00:56:13]** or and as you can see Spanish uses as

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> Tener (que) - to have (to) Ir (a) - to go (to) | have to do my I'm going to do my homework homework Yo tengo que Yo voy a hacer mi hacer mi tarea tarea

**[00:56:16]** the preposition to with the verb and as the preposition to with the verb ear in English it stays the same but in Spanish it changes and the amazing and useful part of about phrases like this is that if you forget how to conjugate one of these verbs you can always refer to the other one to express the same sentence and that's actually a very skillful hack to remember whenever you speak Spanish just know that if you see K after a conjugation of it means to have to and if you see an a after a conjugation of it means to go to if you want to say a

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> Examples with "tener (que)": You have to pay

**[00:56:41]** sentence like you have to pay you will say using the KE preposition if you want

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> Examples with "tener (que)": You have to pay Tu tienes que pagar

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> Examples with "tener (que)": He has a cat

**[00:56:46]** to say he has a cat you will

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> Examples with "tener (que)": He has a cat El tiene un gato

**[00:56:48]** say without adding the preposition if

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> Examples with "tener (que)": We have aclass tomorrow

**[00:56:51]** you want to say we have a class tomorrow

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> Examples with "tener (que)": We have aclass tomorrow Nosotros tenemos una clase manana

**[00:56:55]** if you want to say they have to read the

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> Examples with "tener (que)": They have to read the books

**[00:56:57]** books you'll

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> Examples with "tener (que)": They have to read the books Ellos tienen que leer los libros

**[00:56:59]** say in case you want to practice with

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> Tener (que) - to have (to) (Yo) tengo | (Nosotros) tenemos (Tu) tienes | (Vosotros) tenéis (El) tiene | (Ellos) tienen

**[00:57:01]** more examples I recommend that you also say these sentences using the verb so that you know to use the preposition a with and with the more you try this concept the faster you'll get it especially when you start generating examples on your own so overall the verb tet is a very useful verb in Spanish both in terms of possession and future actions before I end the video I would actually like to cover one last concept with the verb T and that's something that's sound very practical to use but it's something very very important to know and that is that the verb T can sometimes Express sentences with beings as in to be you might remember my videos

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> Ser Estar T T Permanent Temporary

**[00:57:31]** where I talked about the verbs s and estar both of which express permanent and temporary states of being and while I did those videos there was something very specific I did not mention in both of those videos such as expressions with

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> Ser Estar Permanent Temporary age, temperature, hunger +more

**[00:57:42]** age temperature hunger and maybe a few

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> In English: e 1am 19 years old e lamcold e 1am hungry

**[00:57:44]** more as a reference consider these phrases in English I am 19 years old I am cold and I'm hungry if I were to tell you to say these phrases in Spanish you would probably say something like y d an

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> In English: ¢ 1am 19 years old - Yo soy 19 ahos e |!am cold - Yo estoy frio e |!am hungry - Yo estoy hambre

**[00:57:55]** y EST and EST and that's if you used and

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> In English: e 1am 19 years old - Yo soy 19 ahos e I am cold - Yo estoy frio e |!am hungry - Yo estoy hambre

**[00:57:59]** EST correctly some of you might make arguments that using and EST is the right way to go because by saying I'm factually stating this about myself which is why is used and for phrases like EST or esto amre I'm using AAR because I'm indicating that I'm feeling cold or hungry right now and my feeling will change in the future as crazy as it sounds Spanish says that you cannot use the verbs s and estar because

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> In English: ¢ 1am 19 years old - Yo 36y 19 afhos * I am cold - Yo astey frio ¢ I am hungry - Yo estoy hambre These expressions indicate HAVING a fact about oneself, NOT being oneself

**[00:58:21]** these are expressions that indicate having a fact about oneself rather than actually being that one self instead of

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> In English: e 1am 19 years old - Yo soy 19 ahos e I am cold - Yo estoy frio e |!am hungry - Yo estoy hambre

**[00:58:26]** using soy or esto with these Expressions you will need to use and in this case yo

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> In English: ¢ 1am 19 years old - Yo tengo 19 ahos e I am cold - Yo tengo frio ¢ |am hungry - Yo tengo hambre

**[00:58:31]** instead of saying EST anos you'll say Tango DS anos because actually I'm

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> In English: e 1am 19 years old - Yo tengo 19 ahos e lamcold - Yo tengo frio e 1am hungry - Yo tengo hambre | have the age of 19, I'm NOT being 19

**[00:58:37]** indicating that I have the age of 19 rather than me being 19 by saying tangoo or Tango amre I'm indicating that I have

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> In English: e 1am 19 years old - Yo tengo 19 ahos e |lamcold - Yo tengo frio e 1am hungry - Yo tengo hambre | have the age of 19, I'm NOT being 19 | have a feeling of cold/hunger, I'm NOT being cold or hungry

**[00:58:44]** a feeling of cold and I have a feeling of hunger these Expressions technically are not permanent nor temporary which doesn't allow you to use the verb ser or EST so instead you have these

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> In English: e 1am 19 years old - Yo tengo 19 ahos e I am cold - Yo tengo frio e |!am hungry - Yo tengo hambre You have these expressions/feelings, you're NOT being in these expressions/feelings

**[00:58:53]** feelings rather than being being in these feelings of course tet uses other feelings like these ones but they're not

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> e I am hot - Yo tengo calor e |am careful - Yo tengo cuidado e I am afraid - Yo tengo miedo ¢ | am thirsty - Yo tengo sed e | am lucky - Yo tengo suerte These expressions all indicate to have these feelings

**[00:58:58]** as important as the other ones in conversation and the same concept applies to any pronouns you want to use Spanish has two types of prepositional
