KS3 · Spanish · Year 8
What people have: 'tener' singular persons
Describing how people feel: 'tener' and 'dar' + noun
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Your learning goal
I can use the verb ‘tener’ to talk about what I and others have.
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I can use the verb ‘tener’ to talk about what I and others have.
Key learning points
- The SSCs [ca], [co] and [cu] are pronounced as in 'casa', 'comer', 'escuchar'.
- The verb 'tener' means 'to have, having' and we use it to talk about possessions.
- The singular persons of 'tener' are 'tengo' ('I have'), 'tienes' ('you have') and 'tiene' ('she, he, it has').
- The Spanish singular subject pronouns are: 'yo', 'tú', 'él', 'ella'.
- We need numbers to talk about plural possessions; such sentences often contain 'tener', numbers and plural nouns.
Words to know
- tener
- -er verb meaning 'to have, having'
- subject pronouns
- represents the person, people or thing(s) doing the verb, e.g. 'I', 'we, 'they'
Common mistakes
All numbers from 13 to 19 begin with 'dieci-'.
Numbers 16 to 19 begin with 'dieci-' + number, e.g. 'dieciséis', 'diecisiete', but numbers 13 to 15 do not follow the same pattern, e.g. 'trece', 'catorce', 'quince'.
For parents, carers and teachers
- The teacher might want to play a class bingo using the numbers learned today.