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Tener: to have (5 minutes)
Practice tener (tener (tener to have (to have ( ) and the sample sentences,
then test yourself.
I have yo tengo
yoh tengohgoh
you have (informal singular) tú tienes
too tyetyenes
you have (formal singular) usted tiene
oosted tyetyenay
he/she has él/ella tiene
e e
el/ehl/ehl/ -yah tyetyenay
we have (masculine/ nosotros/-as tenemos
feminine) nosotros/-as tenaynaymos
you have (informal plural, vosotros/-as teneis
m/f) bosotros/-as tenaysnays
you have (formal plural) ustedes tienen
¿Tiene rosas rojas? oostedes tyetyenen
t
tyeyenay rosas rohas they have (masculine/ ellos/-as tienen
Do you have red roses? feminine) eh-yos/-yas tyetyenen
He has a meeting. Tiene una reunión.
t tyeyenay oonah re-oonynah re-oonyon

Do you have a ¿Tiene usted móvil?
cell phone? t tyeyenay oosted mobeel?

How many brothers and ¿Cuántos hermanos
sisters do you have? tiene usted?
kwantos airmanos
t
tyenyenay oosted

Negatives (4 minutes)

la bicicleta It is easy to make sentences negative in
lah beetheekletah Spanish; just put no in front of the verb:
bicycle No somos americanos (We’re not American).
I’m not Spanish. No soy español.
no
noh soy espanyolyolh soy espanyolh soy espan
no
He’s not a No es vegetariano.
no
no
vegetarian. no oh
noh es be-hetaryh es be-hetaryanh es be-hetaryanh es be-hetary
No tengo coche. We don’t have No tenemos niños.
noh tengoh goh tengoh ten kochay any children. noh tenaynaymos neenyos
I don’t have a car.