TENER - Irregular Verbs Conjugations

TENER - Irregular Verbs Conjugations

By N Guevara

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What is an irregular verb?

What is an irregular verb?​

Irregular Verbs​

​In Spanish, an irregular verb is any verb that does not follow the same rules or patterns of regular verbs.

How are irregular verbs different or similar to regular verbs?

Irregular Verbs​

Like regular verbs, irregular verbs have a stem and an ending.

​Irregular verbs follow the same ending-pattern of regular verbs.

Unlike regular verbs, the stem of irregular verbs is modified​.

Some irregular verbs have different endings for the first person singular 'yo'. ​

First person plural 'nosotros' never has a stem-change.

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Irregular Verbs Vs Regular Verbs

Like regular verbs, irregular verbs have a stem and an ending.

​TENER

​BEBER

​Ending

​Ending

​STEM

​STEM

Multiple Choice

Which of these is an irregular verb?

• beber

• tener

• deber

• patinar

TENER

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​Irregular verbs follow the same ending-patterns of regular verbs.​

​TENGO

​TIENES

​TIENE

​TENEMOS

​TIENEN

​TIENEN

​BEBO

​BEBES

​BEBE

​BEBEMOS

​BEBEN

​BEBEN

Multiple Choice

What grammatical subject does not have the same ER-ending as regular verbs for the verb tener?

• Tu

• El

• Yo

• Nosotros

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Irregular Verbs Vs Regular Verbs

​Unlike regular verbs, the stem of irregular verbs is modified​.

​TIENES

​BEBER

​Ending

​Ending

​STEM

​STEM

Multiple Choice

What is the stem of the verb 'tener'?

• ER

• TENER

• TEN

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​TIENES

​TIENE

​TENEMOS

​TIENEN

​TIENEN

​TENGO

​YO

​TU

​EL/ ELLA

​Nosotros

​Ustedes

​Ellos/ Ellas

​To conjugate 'tener', you replace 'E' for 'IE' and then replace the endings by using the same endings that are used on ER-regular verbs.

TENER

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​TIENES

​TIENE

​TENEMOS

​TIENEN

​TIENEN

​TENGO

​YO

​TU

​EL/ ELLA

​Nosotros

​Ustedes

​Ellos/ Ellas

​Some irregular verbs, like 'tener', have different endings for the first person singular 'yo'. ​

TENER

Multiple Choice

When conjugating 'tener' which grammatical subject does not follow the same ER-endings that are used for regular verbs?

• tu tienes

• yo tengo

• el tiene

• ellos tienen

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Irregular Verbs Vs Regular Verbs

​First person plural 'nosotros' never has a stem-change.

​TENEMOS

​BEBEMOS

​Ending

​Ending

​STEM

​STEM