The Various Forms of 'Tener' & Their Usage

Question

Are these three correct?

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• Cuántos platos tenemos? = How many plates do you guys have? (Group Only)
• Cuántos platos tiene usted? = How many plates do you have? (Formal)
• Cuántos platos tienes? = How many plates do you have? (Informal)

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Also, Is there a different way of saying the first one? Without using tenemos (same word though, tener, but differently?

Thanks,

Answer 1

Hi sensu , when you say :-

Cuántos platos tenemos? = how many plated do we have ?

But you can also say :-

Cuántos platos tienen ? = how many plates do you ( plural ) have ?

or tenéis ¿Cuántos....? - 0074b507, Aug 3, 2010

Answer 2

Yeah! You can say: ¿Cuántos platos tienen? = How many plates do you guys have? If you say: ¿Cuántos platos tenemos? = You are asking this. How many plates do we have?

wow, you're right, it just clicked it after I read your post. -enemos is always a personal conjugation of the verb, right? - sensu123, Aug 2, 2010

if by personal you mean that it always includes yourself than yeah, it always means we. - jeezzle, Aug 2, 2010

amos= ar verbs, emos= er verbs, imos= ir verbs for the indictive. - lucas322, Aug 2, 2010