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Confusing verb pairs

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I was getting all muddled up today, wondering what haber meant, because I knew that to have is tener. I found this excellent article about confusing verb pairs:

http://spanish.about.com/cs/vocabulary/a/moreverbpairs.htm

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updated Oct 11, 2013
posted by togtog
Thanks, Togtog. - rac1, Oct 11, 2013

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In English is the same, isn't it?

I have money = (yo) tengo plata.

I have seen you before = (yo) te he visto antes.

Right?

updated Oct 11, 2013
posted by chileno
Yeah - we make do with one verb, rather than having two separate ones. - togtog, Oct 11, 2013