{"id":53109,"date":"2021-07-07T10:00:49","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T09:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/?p=53109"},"modified":"2023-12-14T15:50:25","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T14:50:25","slug":"spanish-verb-tener-que-to-have-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/blog\/spanish-verb-tener-que-to-have-to\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanish verb Tener que (To have to): Spanish Lesson 49"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the first lesson in our intermediate level Spanish course and we are going to learn how to use the Spanish verb Tener que<\/strong> (To have to). We have already learned the verb Tener<\/a> which translates to To have<\/em> in English. Tener que is similar, but means To have to<\/em> rather than To have<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The Spanish verb Tener que<\/strong> is a very useful one to learn. We use it to express obligation or necessity. It is a relatively straightforward Spanish verb to learn and use, once you know how to conjugate the verb Tener. After Tener que always follows another verb in infinitive. Infinitive is a word which describes the base form of a verb without any conjugation, as you would see in a dictionary.<\/p>\n

Spanish verb Tener que (To have to)<\/h2>\n

Here\u2019s how to conjugate Tener que (To have to):<\/p>\n

Tener que + infinitivo: To have to + infinitive<\/p>\n

(Yo) Tengo que\u2026: I have to\u2026
\n(T\u00fa) Tienes que…: You have to… (informal)
\n(Usted) Tiene que\u2026: You have to\u2026 (formal)
\n(\u00c9l\/Ella) Tiene que\u2026: He\/She has to\u2026
\n(Nosotros) Tenemos que\u2026: We have to\u2026
\n(Vosotros) Ten\u00e9is que\u2026: You have to\u2026 (group\/informal)
\n(Ustedes) Tienen que…: You have to… (group\/formal)
\n(Ellos) Tienen que…: They have to…<\/p>\n

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Practice sentences with the Spanish verb Tener que<\/h2>\n

Here are some practice sentences with Tener que for all persons:<\/p>\n

Tengo que estudiar: I have to study
\nTienes que trabajar m\u00e1s: You have to work more
\nUsted tiene que trababjar m\u00e1s: You have to work more
\nMarta tiene que ir a Madrid: Marta has to go to Madrid
\nTenemos que hablar: We have to talk
\nTen\u00e9is que comer pescado: You have to eat fish
\nUstedes tienen que comer pescado: You have to eat fish
\nMarcos y Pablo tienen que visitar a sus padres: Marcos and Pablo have to visit their parents<\/p>\n

Questions and negatives<\/h3>\n

Next let\u2019s see some example sentences using Tener que with questions and negatives. As always with Spanish, making questions and negatives<\/a> is very easy:<\/p>\n

Hola, Pablo. \u00bfQuieres venir al cine esta noche conmigo?: Hi Pablo, do you want to come to the cinema with me tonight?
\nLo siento, Silvia. No puedo. Tengo que estudiar: Sorry, Silvia. I can\u2019t. I have to study.
\n\u00a1Estudias demasiado Pablo! No tienes que estudiar todas las noches: You study too much Pablo! You don\u2019t have to study every night.
\n\u00bfNo recuerdas? Tenemos que estudiar esta noche porque tenemos un examen de f\u00edsica muy importante ma\u00f1ana: Don\u2019t you remember? We have to study tonight because we have a very important physics exam tomorrow.
\nSara va al cine conmigo. Si Sara no tiene que estudiar, yo tampoco: Sara is coming to the cinema with me. If Sara doesn\u2019t have to study neither do I
\nSara no tiene que estudiar esta noche porque Sara es muy buena en f\u00edsica: Sara doesn\u2019t have to study tonight because Sara is very good at Physics.
\n\u00bfY yo no soy buena en f\u00edsica? \u00a1Qu\u00e9 maleducado!: And I am not good at physics? How rude!
\nT\u00fa tienes que usar esta noche para estudiar Silvia: You have to use tonight to study Silvia.<\/p>\n

We hope you found this lesson useful. Tener que is one of those Spanish verbs that you will find yourself using often. It\u2019s a handy one to know and nice and easy to use as for sure you are already familiar with using the verb Tener and you only have use a verb in infinitive after Tener que.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is the first lesson in our intermediate level Spanish course and we are going to learn how to use the Spanish verb Tener que (To have to). We have already learned the verb Tener which translates to To have in English. Tener que is similar, but means To have to rather than To have. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":53118,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2053],"tags":[1505,1516,1648,1652],"class_list":["post-53109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spanish-lessons","tag-intermediate-spanish-lessons","tag-learn-spanish","tag-spanish-language","tag-spanish-language-learning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53109"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53123,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53109\/revisions\/53123"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}