Venir and tener (indicative)

Question 1

In the present tense, venir and tener change some letters in the stem for some pronouns.

What happens with yo?

What happens with tú, él/ella/usted and ellos/ellas/ustedes?

What happens with nosotros/as and vosotros/as?

Answer 1

For yo, you add a ‘g’ (like with Group 5).

For tú, él/ella/usted and ellos/ellas/ustedes, you replace ‘e’ with ‘ie’ (like with Group 1).

For nosotros/as and vosotros/as, no letters change.

Question 2

What does venir mean?

Answer 2

To come

Question 3

What does tener mean?

Answer 3

To have

Question 4

Yo (venir)

Answer 4

vengo = I come

Question 5

Yo (tener)

Answer 5

tengo = I have

Question 6

Tú (venir)

Answer 6

vienes = you come

Question 7

Tú (tener)

Answer 7

tienes = you have

Question 8

Él/ella/usted (venir)

Answer 8

viene = he/she/you comes

Question 9

Él/ella/usted (tener)

Answer 9

tiene = he/she/you has

Question 10

Nosotros/as (venir)

Answer 10

venimos = we come

Question 11

Nosotros/as (tener)

Answer 11

tenemos = we have

Question 12

Ellos/ellas/ustedes (venir)

Answer 12

vienen = they/they/you come

Question 13

Ellos/ellas/ustedes (tener)

Answer 13

tienen = they/they/you have

Question 14

Vosotros/as (venir)

Answer 14

venís = you (plural) come

Question 15

Vosotros/as (tener)

Answer 15

tenéis = you (plural) have