{"id":8509,"date":"2020-05-06T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mydailyspanish.com\/?p=8509"},"modified":"2022-09-01T21:05:09","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T05:05:09","slug":"expressions-tener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mydailyspanish.com\/expressions-tener\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanish Expressions with \u2018Tener\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the most common verbs in the Spanish language is tener<\/em>. It means \u2018to have,\u2019 and is one of the most useful verbs!<\/p>\n

In this article, we\u2019ll be looking at some expressions in the Spanish language that involve the word tener!<\/em>\"Spanish<\/span><\/p>\n

Conjugation of tener<\/em><\/h2>\n

There\u2019s not enough room here to conjugate tener<\/em> in every verb tense, but here\u2019s the present tense conjugation to get you started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t
tengo<\/i><\/td>tenemos<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
tienes<\/i><\/td>ten\u00e9is<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
tiene<\/i><\/td>tienen<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

Phrases where tener<\/em> is used as \u2018to be\u2019<\/h2>\n

There are lots of phrases in Spanish that use the verb tener<\/em>, where in English we\u2019d use the verb \u2018to be.\u2019 So if you want to say, for example, \u2018I am 30 years old,\u2019 make sure you say, \u2018Tengo 30 a\u00f1os<\/em>.\u2019 You won\u2019t make much sense if you say, \u2018Soy 30 a\u00f1os<\/em>.\u2019 <\/p>\n

For my fellow grammar fans: Note that the Spanish phrases use \u2018to have\u2019 + a noun, whereas the English ones use \u2018to be\u2019 + an adjective.<\/p>\n