Coffee Break Spanish - 10 Spanish expressions that use 'tener' instead of 'ser' | CBS Show 2.02

Episode Date: June 6, 2024

Have you ever wondered why Spanish speakers say "I have 20 years old"? Find out the reason in this episode of the Coffee Break Spanish Show! Join Concha and Mark as they share 10 useful expressions with the verb "tener" in Spanish.Prefer to watch these lessons? You can do exactly that for free on Coffee Break TV, and download the episodes to your device so you can access them on the go. Or, you can head to our Coffee Break Spanish YouTube channel to access the video version of each podcast episode there. Remember to subscribe to our channel so that you don’t miss an episode.That's not all... each episode of the Show is accompanied by a blog article to increase your understanding of the topics covered.➡️ Click the link to access the blog article and worksheet that accompany this lesson ⬅️ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Coffee Brick Spanish. Welcome back to the Coffee Brick Spanish show. I'm Mark. And I am Concha. How are you? How are you? Well, but I have to say, it's much cold.

I have much calor. Yeah, it's quite to toasty here in the studio. Toasty, a good word. Welcome to another episode of the Coffee Break Spanish show. In these weekly episodes, we're helping you take your Spanish to the next level. One coffee break, or tea break, this is tea today, anyway, at a time. Exactly. Exactly.

If you are watching from YouTube, make sure that you subscribe to our channel. And if you're listening to the podcast version, also subscribe so that you don't miss any more episodes of the show. Conce, what we're going to learn today? Oh, we're going to be a very important verb in Spanish. And that verb is... Tener. We're going to be there. So, Tener.

It's one of the first verbs that we learn. It means to have, in most cases. And it's a regular. So for you, it would be, I'mo. Tengo. Okay, and then, you Tienes, Tienes, Tienes, Tien. Can we do this with our hand signals, as we always do for verbs? Sure, that's.

So, verbs of six parts in the conjugation. So let's do, Tengo, Tienes, Tienes, Tien, Tene. Perfect. Okay. Very well, so when we talk about Tener, the first meaning that we learn normally, is possession. So, for example, if I say I have a marvelous family.

Exactly. Or we have a beautiful house. We've got a beautiful house. Exactly. We have a beautiful house. I have. So, yeah, possession. That is. But Tener is not always used for possession. Exactly. Okay. In fact, it's not always translated as half.

And this is a little more complicated, especially at the early stages of learning when you're working on the language and you come across surprises like this in a sense. That's, yes. Because you just learn the verb tenet and it's for possession, but then in Spanish, we say, quantos an years. Literally, how many years do you have? How old are you? That's okay. Tengo 18 years. Maybe a little more than that. Exactly. So that's what we are going to be focusing on today on these phrases when we use tenet, but in English we would use the verb to be.

To be. Okay. So let us then have a look at some examples. Exactly. Well, actually, before we look at a phrase that I have for you, a sentence, actually, you said something in the introduction. I did. I said, Tengo much calor.

Exactly. So literally, I have lots of heat. Mm-hmm. Okay, I'm very hot. But we can't say I am hot using a verb to be in Spanish. We say, I have heat. I have made up a sentence with phrases like this and some others that when we use the verb tenet but actually in English we wouldn't use the verb half.

Okay. So let's have a look at the whole sentence and then we'll break it down. So, Tienes Rason, two points. Juan Pablo, always has free when he has hungry and if you have a dream, no, has patience. I can quite relate to Juan Pablo. So lots of examples of Tener in the third person this time we're talking about Juan Pablo.

So you began with Tienes Razon. So Tienes Razon literally means you have reason, you have correctness. Or in other words, you are right. Exactly. Tener Razon. Tengor Rathom. Tienes Razon and so on. So I am right.

You are right. Tener Razon. That is. Then we said, Juan Pablo always is cold or has cold, literally. But yeah, we would use the verb

when we talk about when you're cold or when you're warm like you said before as well. So, to have free, to have cold, and of course, to have much frio, I'm very cold, I'm very hot, I'm very hot, I'm much of color.

Exactly. And then, so Juan Pablo always has free when So Tener Ambre. So Tener Ambre means literally to have hunger. Yes, yes. But again, to be hungry. So in English we say to be hungry, in Spanish, to have hunger.

Yes, which sounds a little strange in English. Yeah, I have hunger. It's perfectly natural in Spanish. Of course. Tener ambr is how we would say I am hungry. And we use the same construction for to be thirsty. Exactly. Another tenor construction this time.

Yeah, Tener. Sed. And that ends in a D sound, but when we say it, you, as conscious, you stick your tongue in between your teeth. Yeah, exactly. If I'm speaking quickly, maybe I won't tener Cid. But if I have time like here, I'm quite relaxed. I can say Tener Ced. Exactly.

Okay. So we were talking about Juan Pablo, when he's cold, he's always hungry. And si Tienes Sueño, so this is Tener Sueno, which means. to be sleepy. To be sleepy, yeah. It's a little bit different from being tired. Yes. It means that you actually, your body is asking you to sleep. Yeah, you have the sleep inside you that's waiting to come out into real sleep, yeah. So if he has a sueno, no tini paciencia. He doesn't have any patience or he's not patient. Exactly. So there we could say if someone has patience, although it sounds a little bit odd. He has patience. It depends. Depends on a context. Yeah, exactly. So normally when he's sleepy,

he's not very patient. Yeah. Yeah. Another similar one, I think when we're talking about being patient and so on, is when you're in a hurry. Uh-huh. Exactly. We say, Tener prisa. Literally to have hurry. Tenor prisa. I don't know prisa. I need to go. Exactly. Exactly. That's okay. Sounds good. So another beautiful, beautiful, with the verb, Tenor that I really like, is Tenet Ganas de. Have you heard this one? Absolutely, yeah. And when you use this expression, you can use it in two situations. One when it's followed by a noun and another one when it's followed by a verb and the verb will always be in the infinitive. Exactly. So Tengue Ganas de can'tar. That is. But no going to

I'm not going to sing. Exactly. But I can also say, I fancy a coffee. I fancy a coffee. Yeah, it's that kind of idea. I have a feeling for something. I have a notion for something or I fancy doing something.

Exactly. So it's to be a ganas to do something or to feel like doing something or to be a lot of something or tener ganas de something. Exactly. So if I said, Mark and I we have much

Ganas to grab the next episode of the Coffee Break Spanish

show what would I be saying So this is interesting because yes you could

translate it as we feel like doing something or we fancy doing something but I

think what you're kind of aiming at here is an alternative translation to look forward

to doing something exactly Okay so we're we're much

ganas we're really looking forward to filming the next episode of the Coffee Breaks Spanish show. That's so two different meanings for

when you fancy something or you feel like something or when you're looking forward to something. You're looking forward to something. And could we even use it in the idea of I can't wait for something? Yes, yes. And I think very often as an English speaker, you think, okay, I'm going to translate as

I can't wait as no poedo esperer. But when you say no puido esperer, it literally means I cannot wait here. I need to go or something. Exactly. That can mean that you Tienes Prisa. Yeah, exactly. Exactly. Very well. Well,

before filming that next episode, before filming that next episode, perhaps we've got time for a little translation challenge with our viewers. Perfect. Yeah, I think that's a great idea. So we'll give you some sentences to translate from Spanish into English first. Yeah, let's do that. Okay. And for each one, we'll give you ten seconds

to think about this, okay? That's right. Okay. The first is Julia always has 10 seconds Okay

Julia always has to have reason so that's to have reason to be right Julia is always right Perfect

That's Okay Let's do another one No We're going to Comeer Now we're

because No We're Good Okay So no we're not going to eat now

because we don't have hunger because we do not have hunger because we're not hungry. Exactly. Pretty straightforward. Okay, let's try one from English into Spanish.

Okay, so I'll give you this one. Number three, how would you say I look forward to your birthday party? 10 seconds. Okay, Concha, over to you. I would say something like, Tengo Ganas

De Tu Fiesta de Cumple-Anius. So I'm looking forward to your birthday I can't wait for your birthday Pténgo Ganas De Tufesta

de Cumple-Ans Uh-huh, exactly. And if you were very excited about it, you could say Tengu Much

Ganas Yeah, so just watch there. I'm really excited. I'm really excited. You have to then see I have lots of

desires or excitement or something like that. I'm much Ganas. Okay. One more. Yeah, let's do one more.

Okay, from English and to Spanish. Yeah, sounds good. Okay, go for it. Okay, so the sentence is you must be patient when you work with children. You're right, yeah? Yes, yes, yes, yes. 10 seconds. Okay, so you must be patient.

Can we use the verb de ver? Yes, perfect. So, deves to have patience. You have to have patience. When you travel with the children. Exactly. You can also say when you're talking about

the article. Okay, I'm thinking of an alternative translation here. Could we also use Aike, that really useful phrase? So it's necessary to something. So Ike tenet

patience. Exactly. And I think there's maybe also another one that we could use. Yes, and you'll be surprised because we also use the verb Tener for this one. So it would be

Tienes to Tener Paciencia. So that is an expression, another expression with Tener. you have to, or to have to do something, you have, and then the next verb is you have to have,

you have to have, you need to have patience when you're trying to about that in the next episode. Exactly. So let's not spoil anything for now. Yes, we hope that you've enjoyed this lesson of Coffee Break Spanish

and of course all of the examples that we've talked about are available in our blog article which you can access from the link in the description of this podcast episode. Exactly. And if you want more help with your Spanish, you can also sign up to receive

our regular free email lessons visiting coffeebreaklanguages.com slash Spanish and just look out for the next mini lesson in your inbox. Well, much thanks, Concha. Nothing, much thanks. Thanks a thank you. And much thanks. Thanks a, thanks, thanks, to both.

And until the next. That's happy coffee breaking. Copyright 2024, Radiolingua Limited. Recording copyright, 2024, Radiolingua Limited. All rights reserved.