if the question is with the word "tienes" do i answer it with "tengo" for example: Que tienes ganas de hacer despues de la clase? is that mean, What do you have to do after class? Should my answer be with the word "tengo?"

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if the question is with the word "tienes" do i answer it with "tengo" for example: Que tienes ganas de hacer despues de la clase? is that mean, What do you have to do after class? Should my answer be with the word "tengo?" like "yo tengo a ir a la casa para cocinar mi comida"

Hello cherrypie, welcome to the forum, as this is an English learning site as well as Spanish we have to correct your English, "is that mean" should be "does that mean".mean - kenwilliams, Dec 6, 2011

thanks for correcting my grammar, i appreciate it :D - cherrypie428, Dec 6, 2011

Answer 1

Yes, you would use tengo. The person is asking what you (tú=tienes) have to do, and you respond with I (yo=tengo) have to do...

gracias :D - cherrypie428, Dec 6, 2011

Sorry, not really! - farallon7, Dec 6, 2011

Answer 2

You have nailed it perfectly, except that tener ganas de is to feel like; not to have to .

What do you feel like doing after class?

Tengo ganas de... I feel like....

Your answer seems to trying us use Tener que+.... Tengo que ir... (I have to go)

perfect! - 005faa61, Dec 6, 2011

Answer 3

Que tienes ganas de hacer despues de la clase? Does that mean, What do you have to do after class? Should my answer be with the word "tengo?" like "yo tengo a ir a la casa para cocinar mi comida"

Yo tengo a ir a la casa para cocinar mi comida is not how you want to respond. You are being asked, what do you want to do (have desires for doing) after class, and you could respond,

Tengo ganas de ir a la casa para cocinar mi comida.

Or more simply,

Quiero ir a la casa para cocinar mi comida.

Tengo a ir to my knowledge is not proper usage. In a different situation you could say "Tengo que ir" (I have to go). But not tener + a + infinitive.

gracias!! - cherrypie428, Dec 6, 2011

Answer 4

Not necessarily! ---¿Que tienes ganas de hacer despues de la clase? - A: "Quiero ir al cine" (I want to go to the movies) - Tengo is used if you "have to" do something or go somewhere. Quiero is used if you "want or desire to do something or go somewhere"

so my answer should be, "quiero ir a mi casa para hacer mi tarea".. i want to go home to do my homework - cherrypie428, Dec 6, 2011

or can i say, "voy a ir a mi casa para hacer la tarea" - cherrypie428, Dec 6, 2011

Answer 5

That depends on what you would like to say. If you want to tell someone that you have to do something, then the phrase "tengo que + infinitive" would describe an action that you have to perform. If you want to tell someone that you are "going" to do something, you could use the phrase "voy a + infinitive".

For Example: Tengo que ir a mi casa para hacer la tarea.

I have to go home to do my homework.

Voy a ir a mi casa para hacer la tarea.

I am going/I'm going to my house to do my homework.

thank you :) - cherrypie428, Dec 6, 2011