Family: 'tener' 3rd person singular and plural
I can speak about extended family using I have, we have, they have and adjective agreement.
Family: 'tener' 3rd person singular and plural
I can speak about extended family using I have, we have, they have and adjective agreement.
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Key learning points
- To speak about what 'they have', 'tienen' is used.
- Adjectives in Spanish always have to agree with the noun in grammatical gender and number.
Keywords
Adjective agreement - when the ending of an adjective matches the noun it describes in gender and number
Tienen - part of verb ‘tener’ and means ‘they have’
Es - part of verb ‘ser’ and means she/he/it is (trait)
Son - part of verb ‘ser’ and means they are (trait)
Common misconception
The adjective needs to agree with the verb.
This is only the case with attribute verbs like 'ser' or 'estar' because the adjective is still referring to an implicit noun (person, thing).
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
to walk
science
group
silence
tengo
tienes
tiene
tenemos
Exit quiz
4 Questions
we have
I have
they have
you have