TenerTener

Let’s look at the verb tener (“to have”). It features two verb changes that we will see very soon.

Las formas de TENERLas formas de TENER

yo tengo tú tienes él,ella Ud. tiene nosotros tenemos ellos, ellas, Uds. tienen

yo tenyo tenggoo

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.

ttú tú tieienes, él tnes, él tieiene, ellos tne, ellos tieienennen

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.

Nosotros tenemosNosotros tenemos

This form is regular. This is another

feature of stem-changing verbs: there is no change in the stem in the nosotros form.

Arrrggghhh!Arrrggghhh!

That’s a lot to remember, but for right now just learn tener as an irregular verb.

Let’s Practice!!Let’s Practice!!

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

TenerTener

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

May I have another?May I have another?

Nosotros _______ (tener) una fiesta el sábado si tú _______ (tener) tiempo para venir.

Tener!Tener!

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

That’s all, folks!That’s all, folks!

Now you are ready to work on the first Spanish verb set #6 –go verbs.