when is the verb haber used instead of the verb tener?

Question

when is the verb haber instead of the verb tener ie tengo i have or he i have

Answer 1

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Tener means to possess, own, or have and can be used to express necessity. Tengo que "I must,"

Haber is an auxiliary verb. (Although as someone else pointed out, can be used in a few other ways)

Haber is used to create the perfect conjugations. The present perfect is formed via the conjugation of the verb haber + the past participle of another verb. "He escrito." I have written. He is the first person present indicative form of the verb haber. Escrito is the past participle of escribir.

• Careful with the word Perfect tenses. In English our perfect tenses all use the auxillary verbs. We only have one simple past tense. Spanish has two simpe past tenses and one of them, the preterite, is "perfected" so haber is not used to create - qfreed Sep 25, 2009
• perfect tenses. (I'm not sure that the pluscuamperfecto: había +pp is "perfected"). - qfreed Sep 25, 2009
• It's not only "perfected", it's "super perfected" (more than perfected). - samdie Sep 25, 2009

Answer 2

Haber = There be * No hay clases hoy. (There is no class today.) Tener = To have * Tengo un coche. (I have a car.)

• What does "There be" mean? "Hay" = there is / there are - --Mariana-- Sep 25, 2009