Monday, March 12, 2018

Increase Your Verb Vocabulary

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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