Tiene, tienes, tienen, tenis
I am a beginner in Spanish. I am a bit confused when tiene vs tienes and tienen vs tenéis is appropriate, e.g., Tienes hambre? vs Tiene hambre? and Tienen frio? vs Tenéis calor?
Thank you.
2 Answers
Check out the verb conjugate tab on this site and enter tener. It will show you how each of those forms of the verb corresponds to a different speaker, and, in different tenses and moods. Just look at the top-left most section for now.
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Welcome to the fourm and when you follow rogspax's excellent suggestion please note that the tú form, tienes, is the familiar form. We do not know at what level you are in learning Spanish since you did not fully complete your profile (please do so we can work with your in a better manner) but, this is a little tricky for a beginner, like me. The familiar form is used with your friends, maybe just your close friends, and in some regions, but I believe not all, family members such as sibilings, cousins, etc. It is also can be used with those who are lower on the "pecking order" such as college department head using that form with a professor but not vice versa. I take the approach of using the more formal "tiene" if I have any doubt. The vosotros form "tenéis" is used only in Spain as far as I know.
