Have, has, had... help!

[RT Gooch]

Hola. RT here.

Today's question: Have (and it's varients). I'm pretty good on the basic stuff:

I have 100 Soles: Yo tengo cien soles.
Do you have one hour free?: Tiene una hora libre?

But there's lots of other versions of 'tengo".

There's tenir, tienes, and a bunch more. And then there's past tenses, too. I think that there's 'tuve' somewhere, but that's not enough.

I get more and more tired of sounding like a four-year-old. Can someone please help us out?

Thanks.

 

[Jack Jericho]

Let's see if I can help.

To Have, as a verb, translates always as Tener; the problem is that, in Spanish, verbs are declined acording to person, time and mode. Let's see the basic:

Present:
I have = yo tengo
You have = tu tienes (Or the more formal way: Usted tiene)
He/She has = El/Ella tiene
It has = Tiene
We have = Tenemos (Also: Nosotros tenemos)
You have = Tienen (Also: Ustedes tienen)
They have = Tienen (Also: Ellos/Ellas tienen)

Past:
I had = Yo tenía (And I might still have... or not) / Yo tuve (And I don't have anymore)
And likewise...
You had = Tu tenías / tu tuviste (Or the more formal way: Usted tenía / Usted tuvo)
He/She had = El/Ella tenía / El/Ella tuvo
It had = Tenía / Tuvo
We had = Teníamos (Also: Nosotros teníamos) / Tuvimos (Also: Nosotros tuvimos)
You had = Tenían (Also: Ustedes tenían) / Tuvieron (Also: Ustedes tuvieron)
They had = Tenían (Also: Ellos/Ellas tenían) / Tuvieron (Also: Nosotros tuvieron)

And also there is... to have had = Haber tenido (he tenido, has tenido, ha tenido, han tenido)

.....

Too much to have???? Diablito

 

[RT Gooch]

Yo tengo a headache. :bangin:

 

[RT Gooch]

OK, how about these:

Does she have a younger sister?
Did she have condoms?

Do you have a younger sister?
Did you have condoms?

Thank you.

 

[Jack Jericho]

Yo tengo a headache. :bangin:

OK, how about these:
...

Thank you.

Does she have a younger sister? = ¿Tiene ella una hermana menor?
Did she have condoms? = ¿Tenía ella condones?

Do you have a younger sister? = ¿Tienes una hermana menor?
Did you have condoms? = ¿Tenías condones?

(There is no need to say ¿Tienes tú...? or ¿Tenías tú...? because 'tienes' can 0nly be used with 'tú')

Of course, if you are not talking about condoms or a younger sister you might not want to use the familiar 'tu' but the more polite 'usted'. In that case:

Do you have...? = ¿Tiene usted...?
Did you have...? = ¿Tenía usted...?

 

[tika taka]

Do you have...? = ¿Tiene usted...?
Did you have...? = ¿Tenía usted...?

Sorry for bringing up an old post like this, but why is it not "Usted tienes"? Usted is still 2nd person singular, right, but for some reason takes the same conjugation as 3rd person singular? I guess this is sort of a irrelevant question since it seems that most of the time the answer to grammatical questions is "It just is".

Does the usted conjugation apply to all other verbs as well? Usted habla, usted come, usted habló, usted comió etc?

 

[drais]

You is also the 2nd plural person

Singular
I have
You have
He/she has
It has

Plural
We have
You have
They have

Sorry for bringing up an old post like this, but why is it not "Usted tienes"? Usted is still 2nd person singular, right, but for some reason takes the same conjugation as 3rd person singular? I guess this is sort of a irrelevant question since it seems that most of the time the answer to grammatical questions is "It just is".

Does the usted conjugation apply to all other verbs as well? Usted habla, usted come, usted habló, usted comió etc?

 

[Jack Jericho]

Sorry for bringing up an old post like this, but why is it not "Usted tienes"? Usted is still 2nd person singular, right, but for some reason takes the same conjugation as 3rd person singular? I guess this is sort of a irrelevant question since it seems that most of the time the answer to grammatical questions is "It just is".

Does the usted conjugation apply to all other verbs as well? Usted habla, usted come, usted habló, usted comió etc?

VERY INTERESTING QUESTION INDEED.

I, personally, never take a "It just is" kind of answer if I can help it and I like when other people doesn't either. So here is the explanation:

'Usted' is a respectful way of addressing a person and is nothing but a modern evolution of the medieval 'Vuestra Merced'. It translates, literally, as 'Your Mercy' which is the medieval version of 'Your Honor' and in Spanish, just as in English, while 'you' is second person 'your honor' is third person.

Therefore the rule aplies to all instances where 'Usted' is used instead of 'tu' and, yes, you say 'Usted habla', 'Usted come', 'Usted habló', 'Usted comió' etc.

Also note that, when you write, you always write 'Usted' with a capital 'U' (just another way to denote respect); rule that doesn't apply to the plural of the second person, 'ustedes', which does not require a capital 'U'.

 

[tika taka]

Awesome reply Mr. Jericho.

You'll have to do with a written thank you until I get the button