Increase your verb vocabulary quickly by adding prefixes to verbs you already know how to conjugate! Today meet the “tener” family. In English, these are verbs that end in -tain.
Tener has an irregular yo form and is a stem changer. (e --> ie)
Presente: tengo/tienes/tiene/tenemos/tienen
Preterito: tuve/tuviste/tuvo/tuvimos/tuvieron.
Present Participle: teniendo
Past Participle tenido
The "tener" family
tener – to have / to possess
mantener – to maintain
contener – to contain
sostener – to sustain
detener – to detain
entretener – to entertain
abstener – to abstain
obtener – to obtain
retener – to retain
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