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Did I use tener idioms + infinitive correctly?

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Are these tener idioms written and used correctly? The tener idioms I used are in bold.

Para las niñas tienen ganas de bailar con amigos en este campus, puede llevar una blusa bonita con una falda y una bolsa

Los estudiantes tienen sueño llevan una camiseta y pantalones cortos, o ropa interior

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updated Mar 22, 2014
posted by poopymilo
Your problems are in the rest of the sentences, whichmake little sence. - annierats, Mar 22, 2014

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If your only consideration is whether or not the verb "tener" shows agreement with its subject, then each of your expressions has been "used correctly." However, you have a few glaring errors in both of your sentences that make them somewhat incomprehensible.

If you were to offer an English equivalent to each of these sentences, it might make it a bit easier to help you sort out how you might go about saying each one correctly in Spanish.

updated Mar 22, 2014
posted by Observer
Totally incomprehensible. - annierats, Mar 22, 2014
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The tired students wear wear shorts or underwear.. Fine, if that's what you mean???

I think you should provide the English for what you want to say. Sorry to be brutal, but it makes little sense.

The students who want to dance should wear a bag?

updated Mar 22, 2014
edited by annierats
posted by annierats
That's funny... I didn't even worry about the end of the sentences... just the beginning! lol. - Tosh, Mar 22, 2014
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The big thing missing in each sentence is "que".

In English, a lot of sentences are correct with or without "that".

I think I'm tired. I think that I'm tired.

For the girls looking forward to dancing... For the girls having desire to dance... For the girls who would like to dance...

Para las niñas que tienen ganas de bailar...

The tired students... The students that are tired...

Los estudiantes que tienen sueño...

updated Mar 22, 2014
posted by Tosh
But Tosh, why would tired students go arund in shorts, it makes no sense at all, unless the teachers are very sympathetic to students in shorts? - annierats, Mar 22, 2014
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Tienen sueño is being used right but I ain't forsure about the other one

updated Mar 21, 2014
posted by Reid13