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Does the Spanish language use helping verbs with, say, questions?

Does the Spanish language use helping verbs with, say, questions?

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I know that do and does aren't used in Spanish as helping verbs but are other helping verbs used, such as the "to have" helping verbs?

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updated Aug 8, 2010
posted by lukeasmithers

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If you mean as in English we use "to have" to make a perfect conjugation such as "I have eaten" then yes Spanish uses the verb "Haber" (to have) to make a perfect conjugation:

Example "I have eaten" = He comido"

If you mean to use use "to have" to ask a question. Then again yes - use "tener" (to have" (note Spanish has 2 "to have" verbs.

"Have you got a car?" = "¿Tienes un coche?"

I hope this helps.

Have a look at verb conjugations under the "more" tab above.

updated Aug 8, 2010
posted by ian-hill