Sentence using tener ganas de and tener que.

Question

I am writing about what a family member likes to do and I am not sure if this sentence makes sense.I am still in the beginning Spanish, so I'm still learning the rules.

Tiene ganas de comer en el restaurante con su amiga.

Tiene ganas de mirar San Francisco Giants. (She likes to watch the San Francisco Giant's play baseball.)

Tiene que estudiar computadora la tarea.

Tiene que escribir cartas

Well done. All are ok except theone about the computadora. Lookat Tiquisimo's correction. - annierats, Mar 19, 2014

Answer 1

Tiene ganas de comer en el restaurante con su amiga.
This is a correct sentence

Tiene ganas de mirar San Francisco Giants. (She likes to watch the San Francisco Giant's play baseball.) Tiene ganas de ver un partido de beisbol de los San Francisco Giants.

Tiene que estudiar computadora la tarea. I don't understad what you mean, maybe: Tiene que estudiar la tarea en la computadora.

Tiene que escribir cartas. Correct sentence

Tener ganas de + infinitive verb/noun/pronoun = to feel like Tener que + infinitive verb: to have to+verb

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Answer 2

'Tener ganas de' does mean 'to want to do something' but often gustar is used instead.

A ella le gusta comer en restaurantes con una amiga.

A ella le gusta mirar a los SFG's.

Well I have to use tener ganas de for an assignment. I think I have it figured out so thank you. - Sassywheels, Mar 19, 2014

Answer 3

tengo que irme/ya me voy - I have to leave

tengo ganas de hablarle a mi jefe para ver si .....

I am writing about a family member not about myself. - Sassywheels, Mar 19, 2014