Lesson 70 from Maria’s Spanish Audio Lessons – See all lessons

THE AUDIO LESSON

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THE TRANSCRIPT

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Hi, welcome back to Speak Spanish with Maria Fernandez. I’m Maria Fernandez, a native Spanish teacher and the author of several courses, like Learn Spanish At Your Own Pace.

This is episode 70 of my Spanish learning podcast. Today you’re going to master the verb TENER in the present tense.

This podcast is brought to you by kerapido.com. There you can find all my free lessons, as well as my Spanish courses.

Today’s question comes from Linda, one of my Twitter followers. Linda says: “I like your lessons where I learn to conjugate a new verb. What about having one with the verb TENER?”

The Spanish verb TENER – Let’s learn it

To help you master the Spanish verbs easily, today we’re going to practice the six forms of the verb TENER in the present tense.

Knowing the most common verbs, like TENER, will help you become familiar with all other verbs really fast. TENER is an irregular verb, but there are many verbs that are irregular in a similar way. Knowing the six forms of the verb TENER will save you time when you go through those other verbs, and it’ll save a lot of effort too.

TENER is not a completely new verb, if you’ve listened to my previous lessons in this podcast. You’ve already come across it in lessons 11, 15, 29 and 35. And you’ll often hear it in the conversations I’m bringing you in future lessons.

Today we’re going to focus on the six forms of the present tense. The most common tense of all. I’m going to say the six forms. Repeat them after me:

Let’s say them once more. Say them after me:

The Spanish verb TENER – Listening drill

Now, we’re going to do a listening drill. Can you tell me what these 6 forms mean in English?

The Spanish verb TENER – Speaking drill 1

And now, let’s do a speaking drill. Can you tell me these 6 forms in Spanish?

The Spanish verb TENER – Speaking drill 2

Let’s do another speaking drill. Can you tell me these 6 forms in Spanish?

The Spanish verb TENER – Let’s recap

To recap, we’re going to say the 6 forms one last time:

To make sure you’ve mastered these six irregular forms, come back to this lesson every now and then. Remember that reviewing the lessons you’ve heard is essential if you want to become fluent in Spanish.

In the Spanish online course I’m creating I’ll be including plenty of easy and fun drills, to help you master the Spanish verbs fast.

To find out more about my Spanish online course, go here.

Update: my Spanish course is now live and you can play the free lesson here.