Tener Lets look at the verb tener (to have). It features two verb changes that we will see very soon.

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2 Tener Lets look at the verb tener (to have). It features two verb changes that we will see very soon.

3 Las formas de TENER yo tengo tú tienes él,ella Ud. tiene nosotros tenemos ellos, ellas, Uds. tienen

4 yo tengo The yo form is irregular because it adds a –g- before the final –o. There is a small group of verbs that act in the same way. We will call them the go verbs.

5 tú tienes, él tiene, ellos tienen These three verb forms change in the middle, too. The stem ten- becomes tien-. The endings are the usual for –er verbs: -es, -e, -en. This is an example of one kind of stem-changing verb. We will see three different kinds of stem-changing verbs.

6 Nosotros tenemos This form is regular. This is another feature of stem- changing verbs: there is no change in the stem in the nosotros form.

7 Arrrggghhh! Thats a lot to remember, but for right now just learn tener as an irregular verb.

8 Lets Practice!! Yo _______ (tener) dos clases de ciencias, pero mi amiga _______ (tener) sólo una.

9 Tener Yo tengo dos clases de ciencias, pero mi amiga tiene sólo una.

10 May I have another? Nosotros _______ (tener) una fiesta el sábado si tú _______ (tener) tiempo para venir.

11 Tener! Nosotros tenemos una fiesta el sábado si tú tienes tiempo para venir.

12 Thats all, folks! Now you are ready to work on the first Spanish verb set #6 –go verbs.