As for the sex/gender of the participants, men more frequently use tener que infinitive, whereas women tend to employ haber que infinitive. The latter feature was also found to be significant when the sex/gender of the addressee is unknown; also, tener que infinitive result...
Tener queis the phrase for "statements of necessity" that is usually learned first by students of Spanish because it is very common and doesn't require the knowledge of any verb conjugation beyond the forms oftener. Translated as "to have to," it is followed by aninfinitive. Tengo que pagar...
Links to quizzes, tests, etc. are to the left. An idiom is an expression that cannot be immediately understood by analyzing its literal meaning. A few examples of idioms in English are: to be “on the go” to “play the field” to “jump the gun” Spanish also has many idiomatic e...
In Spanish,teneris used to express age. Never useserto express age in Spanish. ¿Cuántos añostienes? (How old are you?) Yotengo25 años. (I am 25 years old.) UseTenerto Express Obligation Usetenerand theSpanish prepositionquepreceded by an infinitive to express obligation in Spanish....
Expressions of Tener The verb tener is used in several expressions. Tener is used to express: Age Ex. ¿Cuántos años tienes? How old are you? Tengo quince años. I am fifteen years old. The expression tener que + infinitive is used to express: “to have to” Ex. Tengo que estu...