Tener Present Tense: The Conjugation of Tener in the Present Tense

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The present tense of the spanish verb tener is one of those tenses that is an absolute necessity to know well. Tener present tense formation combine two common forms of irregular verb structure.

Firstly it is known as a ‘go’ irregular which is the name given to Spanish irregular verbs that end in -go in the first person singular of the present tense and…secondly, it is an ‘e’ to ‘ie’ verb, which means that the e in the stem of the verb changes to ‘ie’ in the second and third person singular and third person plural.

If that sounds a little confusing do not worry as the conjugation table below shows these irregularities of tener present tense clearly.However, learning the Present tense of tener can be made a lot easier by utilizing a verb training tool such as the verbarrator for which you can find a review here if you are interested in learning better and more quickly – verbarrator review.

Tener Present Tense Conjugation

1st person singular (yo) tengo -  I have
2nd person singular (tú) tienes  – you have
3rd person singular (él/ella/usted) tiene – he/she has and you have

1st person plural (nosotros/as) tenemos – we have
2nd person plural (vosotros/as) teneís – you have
3rd person plural (ellos/ellas/ustedes) tienen – they/you have

Tener Present Tense
Tener Imperfect
Tener Preterite
Tener Future Tense
Tener In The Subjunctive
Tener Idiomatic Expressions

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