Spanish Language and Culture 10-3Y

3.2 Verb Tener - More family descriptions

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You have learned the verbs ser and estar to describe people in Spanish.

In the Vocabulary introduction in this lesson - you were introduced to descriptions using a new verb - tener: 
 (3.2 - Vocabulario - Descriptions -How are you feeling?)



We also use the verb tener (to have) in descriptive sentences, for example:  I have brown eyes - Yo tengo ojos marrones.

We will use it in many other situations as well - to talk about things you have / own / posses:  Yo tengo una bicicleta grande.

We use it to talk about the family members we have: Yo tengo una hermana.


*Ojo - did you notice the word order in the examples above? Adjectives come after the things they are describing:
 ojos azules, bicicleta pequeña


This is the  third "irregular" verb so far. Look at and listen to the conjugation of the verb tener.

	tener		→    to have
Yo	tengo	Nosotros/Nosotras	tenemos
Tú	tienes	Vosotros/Vosotras	tenéis
Él/Ella/Usted	tiene	Ellos/Ellas/Uds	tienen

*The Yo form of tener looks different than the other forms, but it still has that ever present letter 'o' in the Yo form:
Yo tengo.



We also use this to talk about how many family members we have.