To Have - Verbo ter
Verb To have - Present
Tense:
Study the conjugation of verb tener (to have) in the present
tense:
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Tener (to have) |
Tener (to have) |
Translation |
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Singular |
Eu |
tenho |
I
have |
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Ele / Ela / Você / a gente |
tem |
He
has / She has / You have / We have |
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Plural |
Nós |
temos |
We
have |
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Eles / Elas / Vocês |
tem |
They have / You have |
How
to use verb “ter”?
Verb “ter” can be used in two different ways:
1. To express that someone possesses something
Examples:
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(Eu) Tenho um cachorro. (I have a dog)
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Ele tem um cachorro. (He has a dog)
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Ela tem um cachorro (She has a dog)
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Você tem um cachorro (You have a dog)
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A gente tem um cachorro (She have a dog)
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(Nós) Temos um cachorro. (We have a dog)
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Eles têm um cahorro. (They have a dog)
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Vocês têm um cachorro. (You have a dog)
2. To express that someone has to do something. In
this case it is necessary to use the following formula:
(person) + ter (conjugated according to the person) +
que + verb in the infinitive form.
I have to – (Eu) Tenho que
Examples:
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(Eu) Tenho que limpar a casa. (I have to clean
the house)
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Você tem que limpar a casa. (You have to clean
the house)
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Ele tem que limpar a casa. (He has to clean the
house)
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Ela tem que limpar a casa. (She has to clean the
house)
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A gente tem que limpar a casa. (We have to clean
the house)
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(Nós) Temos que limpar a casa. (We have to clean
the house)
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Eles têm que limpar a casa. (They have to clean
the house)
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Vocês têm que limpar a casa. (You have to clean
the house – formal)
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