El verbo TENER Definition: to have. TENER  The verb tener means to have.  The forms of tener are a bit IRREGULAR.

Presentación del tema: "El verbo TENER Definition: to have. TENER  The verb tener means to have.  The forms of tener are a bit IRREGULAR."— Transcripción de la presentación:

1 El verbo TENER Definition: to have

2 TENER  The verb tener means to have.  The forms of tener are a bit IRREGULAR.

3 Conjugations subjectTENERmeaning yo ten g o I have tú t ie ne you have (familiar) él ella usted t ie ne he has she has you have (formal) nosotros nosotras tenemoswe have ellos ellas ustedes t ie nen they have you all have

4 Uses of TENER 1. To express age  Ask ¿Cuántos años tienes?  Literally, “how many years do you have?”  In English: “how old are you?”

5 In english… to be  In English we use the verb TO BE to express age  I am thirty years old.  He is eight years old.  You are fifty years old.

6 In Spanish… to have  In Spanish the verb tener is used. Note how the previous examples would be expressed in Spanish.  (Yo) Tengo treinta años.  (Él) Tiene ocho años.  (Tú) Tienes cincuenta años. (Ud.) Tiene cincuenta años.

7 Uses of TENER 2. To express something you have  Just like in English we use to have to express things/qualities we possess (I have blue eyes; He has five sisters; We have brown hair).

8 In Spanish  How would you write those examples in Spanish?  (Yo) Tengo ojos azules.  (Él) tiene cinco hermanas.  (Nosotros) tenemos pelo castaño.

9 Words related to age  joven:  viejo:  mayor:  menor: young old older younger

10 práctica  I have a younger brother.  He has an old grandfather.  We have an older sister  They have young children. (Yo) Tengo un hermano menor. (Él) Tiene un abuelo viejo. (Nosotros) Tenemos una hermana mayor. (Ellos) Tienen unos hijos jovenes.