Tener conjugations Flashcards
Tener
- If ____ comes after tener (or its conjugations), it means _____________.
To have
• If que comes after tener (or its conjugations), it means to have to do something.
Tengo
I have
*Joel sees a doll in the entrance of the store and starts dancing [tengo] with it.
Tiene
He, she, or it has
• “Tiene que ser” → It has to be (it has that to be)
-If que comes after tener (or its conjugations), it means to have to do something.
*Ner (the owner) says that Joel should buy the doll if he wants it, but Joel lies and says that the lizard has his yen (money) [tiene].
Tienes
You have
Tenemos
We have
• Most 1st person plural verbs end in -mos
*Joel asks how much the dolls cost, so Ner says to Joel and his friends “Name your price [tenemos].”
Tienen
They have
Tuve (tense?)
I had (preterite tense) • Like estuve
“Me puse enfermo por la noche, y tuve que llamar al médico de guardia.”
-I got sick during the night, and I had to call the doctor on call.
“Anoche yo quería acostarme temprano, pero no pude porque tuve que hacer mis tareas.”
-Last night I wanted to go to bed early but I couldn’t because I had to do my homework.
“Yo tuve un hermano a quien nunca conocí.”
-I had a brother whom I never met.
“No me pude acostar más temprano porque tuve que hacer muchas tareas.”
-I couldn’t go to bed earlier because I had to do a lot of homework.
“Tuve que cancelar el vuelo por una emergencia.”
-I had to cancel the flight because of an emergency.
“Te fuiste tan deprisa que ni siquiera tuve tiempo de hablarte.”
-You left so quickly that I didn’t even have time to talk to you.
*Joel and the lizard go to the toy aisle to see what they want. Joel mistakenly grabs a doll that has two faces [tuve], and feet that fall off when he picks it up.
• Joel says “I had that doll briefly, but I don’t want to have it anymore.”
Tuvo (tense?)
He, she, or it had (preterite tense)
• Like estuvo
“Cuándo tuvo el último examen físico?”
- When did you have your last physical examination?
- Is it using 3rd person conjugation of ‘tener’ because of Usted?*
“Él tuvo que esperar un nuevo Consejo de Ministros.”
-He had to wait for a new cabinet meeting.
*The lizard finds the two feet from the doll, but he rejects them as well.
• He had the two [tuvo] feet, but then he put them away.
Tenía (tense?)
(teh-KNEE-ah) - I had, he had, she had, it had
• 1st and 3rd person imperfect (past) tense
“Aquí había un libro que tenía algunos datos sobre la vida de Rubén Darío.”
-There was a book here that had some data on the life of Rubén Darío.
“Juanito no tenía a quién pedirle consejo en ese momento.”
-Juanito didn’t have anyone to ask for advice at that moment.
“¿Qué edad tenía cuando tuvo su primer período?”
-How old where you when you had your first period?
*Joel and the lizard go to the counter to check out, but they both have one of the broken dolls knees stuck to their foot. EVENTS AT THE COUNTERS INDICATE IMPERFECT TENSE.
• Ner says to them, “You did know that you had a knee [tenía] stuck to your foot right?”
Tenías (tense?)
(teh-KNEE-ahs) - You had
• 2nd person imperfect (past) tense
“Tú te saliste como si te hubieras acordado que tenías una cita muy importante.”
-You left as though you had remembered you had a very important date.
“Miraste los avisos clasificados, aunque tenías un buen empleo.”
-You looked at the classified ads even though you had a good job.
“¿Tenías una molestia en el pie y aun así jugaste el partido?”
-You were having a pain in your foot and still you played in the game?
Tenían (tense?)
(teh-KNEE-ahn) - They had
• 3rd person plural imperfect (past) tense
Teníamos (tense?)
(teh-KNEE-ahmos) - We had
• 1st person plural imperfect (past) tense
Tendrá
(ten-DRAH) - He, she, or it will have
• 3rd person future tense
*Joel and his friends go to the front of the store when they are through shopping. Then they all go outside in front of the store and see what they bought.
• The lizard has crayons that he starts drawing with.
• Joel says that he isn’t happy with what he got and says to the lizard, “Well, at least you will have your drawing [tendrá] things.” And the lizard responds “Rah! [tendrá]”
Tenga
I have, he, she, or it have
• 1st and 3rd person subjunctive
• Think ‘sea’ (say-ah) in the context of ‘tenga’ (tang-gah)***
“Yo espero que la farmacia tenga la medicina.”
-I hope that the drug store has the medicine.
“Lamentamos que tenga usted que irse tan pronto.”
-We’re sorry you have to leave so soon.
“No creo que él tenga el dinero.”
-I don’t believe he has the money.
“Estamos contratando a alguien que tenga habilidad de liderazgo.”
-We are hiring someone with leadership qualities.
*Joel pulls a doll out of the mud and starts dancing with it. He then wonders if it is a male or a female doll and says “I hope that I have a feminine [tenga] doll instead of a masculine doll.”
• Verbs never change based on a masculine or feminine noun, the feminine in this case is just to remind me that tengo becomes tenga for the subjunctive.
Ten (verb form?)
Have (as an order; i.e. imperative form) → Imperative verbsare verbs which create an imperative sentence, i.e. a sentence that gives an order.
• e.g. Have [ten] some coffee, have patience, be careful (have care), etc.
“¡Ten cuidado, muchacha!”
-Have caution, girl!
“¡Ten cuidado de que el niño no se ponga en la corriente, no vaya a ser que se resfríe!”
-Be careful that the child is not in the draught, he might get a cold!
“Ten paciencia y ven cuando puedas.”
-Be patient and come when you can.
*Ner sees Joel and his friends rummaging for junk toys in the mud. Ner says that they should all have nice toys and offers them more money by saying, “Here, have ten [ten] more yen.”
