TENER vs HABER - 3 Ways to Use "To Have" Verbs in Spanish
In this video I’m going to show you how to think about the Spanish verbs tener vs haber.
Specifically, you’re going to learn when to use each of these Spanish verbs accurately despite the fact that they are both the translation of the English verb “to have”.
With that said, here is a quick preview of what you’ll learn:
- How to use the Spanish verb tener to talk about possession and ownership
- How the Spanish verb haber is slightly more complicated than most Spanish verbs and how you should think about it.
- How to use Spanish verb haber using the impersonal form
- How to use verb haber in the form we need to talk about events in the past
Check out the previous video mentioned in the lesson:
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How else can you use the Spanish verbs 'tener' and 'haber'?
@sharathrao85
3 жыл бұрын
Could you please make a video on the difference between Tener + Participio and Haber + Participio? Thanks in advance.
@alim.4274
3 жыл бұрын
It's really fun to learn watching with all real life videos using the words and facts (ex. word origin).
@silvestrenet
3 жыл бұрын
@@sharathrao85 To Have Tener Haber (there is or there are) (to be) (pueden/pudieron) haber(Quantity) sido varias personas testigos del crimen (Yo) tengo (averiado/dañado/roto) el televisor/la (televisión/tv) I have the television(Tv) broken (Y0) había tenido una casa en New York por dos años I had had a house in New York for (about) two years. tener and haber follow the same rules as in English. Tener is : when you have something or something belongs to you. haber is : more or less when there is something or that someone or something is include is about quantity. Ex. To have Tengo un carro. To have --haber We have participated Nosotros hemos participado haber in spanish is often to say "habemos" when we include oneself in a group (habemos: including me) (hay: not including me) varias personas en la calle (there are : not including me) several people on the street. There are several people (and myself/including me ) on the street
@jeromepowell643
2 жыл бұрын
Where do i sign up for the School....i love the method used to dissect the language to easily understand it..I've been addicted to the videos since seeing it today and i would love to become a student. Look forward to favorable response
@martinaavalos6825
2 жыл бұрын
*Real Fast Spanish* Mí gramática Española, nunca fue mí fuerte pero aquí va: (Yo) Tengo frío. (Tu) Tienes miedo. (El/Ella) Tiene un arma en su cartera. (Nos) Tenemos un proyecto. (Ellos) Tienen hambre. (Yo) He estudiado muy poco. (Tu) Has ganado. (El) Ha sabido posicionarse. (Nos) Hemos sido grandes conquistadores. (Ellos) Han tenido suerte. *En España usan el vosotros*
Really like the use you make of short clips featuring Spanish speakers. Very cool and helpful.
@realfastspanish
4 жыл бұрын
Glad you like them! 😀
@ryuorkai
2 жыл бұрын
@@realfastspanish Please credit those short clips. Thank you
@DavidBee
2 жыл бұрын
@@ryuorkai He's already doing a ton of work putting these videos together!
@TimeIdle
Жыл бұрын
It's a clear illustration that when he speaks I understand him. Cut to the clip, no idea what they just said. :)
Just found your videos. I really appreciate how you include clips of native speakers using your example sentences!
@realfastspanish
3 жыл бұрын
Glad you like them! 😊
I've got gaps in learning Spanish. Finally you've sorted it out for me. Thanks, your a good teacher
I just learned “he estado ___”. He estado estudiando cada día. And now this is thrown out there. 🤯
Simple is best when learning new concepts. Excellent podcast.
As a newbie native spanish tutor. ¡Gracias! I had never noticed that.
Comprehensive and intelligent explanation with illuminating examples, which are always important for better understanding. Also, I like the way you blend in native speakers. Thanks.
@realfastspanish
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the feedback and kind words!!
Really enjoy the lesson... love how you incorporated short clips from Spanish tv and film. You make Spanish grammer fun which isnt the easy thing to do.
Oh my god I've been trying to find someone to explain the Spanish equivalent of quote "to have to" and this is the best. ❤️
It's wonderful how you use small clips in between to explain the usage.
@realfastspanish
Жыл бұрын
I'm glad you like the clips! 😊
I never bothered looking up what he meant in Spanish because whenever I tried to look it up on the website I used it would give me the English definition. Today I finally decided to learn. This video was entertaining and motivating. Thank you for making this awesome video.
Great video! So helpful. Thank you.
Canadian teaching Spanish. Love it
I love your examples because they teach other subtle phrases that are so helpful!!! Thank you!!
Thank you so much for your short clear explanations. You are now my go to for any questions I have in my beginning to learn Spanish journey!
Fortunately I was only exposed to tener. So this is a good expansion lesson. Thank you sir!🙏🏼
Very helpful to me for understanding the verb HABER. Thanks!
Just found your videos and I love them. You are an amazing teacher. Are you still adding content or sending a newsletter? Want to learn more!
Super helpful! Thank you!
this was so well explained - gracias x
So well explained thank you so much
By far the best and most intuitive Spanish resource out there. Mantener el buen trabajo!
@realfastspanish
4 жыл бұрын
Awesome, thanks @PC Pete!!
This video was awesome. Your teaching method is incredibly easy to follow.
Andrew, you have outdone yourself!!! Love, love, love this video. Thank you so much. Buen trabajo amigo 🤗
@realfastspanish
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it 😊
Your voice is so soothing I almost forgot I am learning.
Another helpful and info laden video-keep them coming!!!!
Excellent teaching ❤
Straight to the point, no misunderstanding 🤙
Teacher please more videos you are really great I love your simple pedagogy , am not even an English native but I understand you ❤
I like your videos very much. Thank you for your job!
i like that you use videos to help shows the phrases in use
Perfect video.We are waiting a lot of verb videos like this. 👍
@realfastspanish
4 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it 👍
tengo que escucha a este vidio por todo el dia! Gracias por ensenar Espanol con tus perfecto ingles.es facil para endender.
Very explicit lesson ! Thanks!
Thank you. Helpful video.
The clips are cool asf caballero..Big up...new subscriber
Wonderful explanation of tener v haber. Gracias!
The American colloquial version of “es lo que hay” would be “it is what it is”
@bappppp
3 жыл бұрын
gracias. eso es lo que estaba pensando.
@imkojo29
3 жыл бұрын
It is what it izzzzzzz🤣
@Homoskedastic1
3 жыл бұрын
American? lol. As opposed to "English"?
@bappppp
3 жыл бұрын
@@Homoskedastic1 yes. American english is different from other versions of English.
@AMcDub0708
3 жыл бұрын
@@Homoskedastic1 Yeah, American, cuz I don’t know if other English speaking countries have the same colloquialisms as in America duh
Love how clear these videos are. I've noticed though that the 2nd plural (vosotr@s) is missing
Really amazing explanation 😍❤️ GRACIAS señor 🌹🤍
Thank you for this video.😊 It us atleast distinguishable between the two.
Great format. A little lesson in Spanish to start the day! I like the 3-minute format.
@realfastspanish
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Kathy!! 😀
you doing good. thank you teacher,
Best explanation and I've watched many om KZread
Hello. Thank you. I am a native Spanish speaker. You have explained the topic very well, and understandably.
Best teaching👍👍
Thanks bro, really helped me! Gracias :)
Quito saber más concierne el verbo “poder”, especialmente cuando es conectando con otro verbo, como “poder ser.” Gracias. Aprecio mucho sus vídeos claros y matices.
U r a good teacher
That’s great, thanks 🇬🇧❤
Thank you for the help im gonna share this video!
@realfastspanish
3 жыл бұрын
Awesome thank you!
Well done. TY, Wm from Vancouver.
Great lesson!
This is my first video i saw of you. I will learn English with your videos. You have a good Canal of KZread. I love foreign languages. Soy profesor de francés lenguas extranjeras. No tengo ni idea, why English is very difficult for me? I love because you teach my language. Saludos de Yorito, Yoro Honduras, Centroamérica. 😉👌🤗😊
@realfastspanish
2 жыл бұрын
¡Gracias Hermes! 😊
Where are the clips from? Can you give channel names if they’re from KZread. Amazing video, I loved the use of the clips.
Dado que soy un hablante de nivel intermedio bajo, su enseñanza es muy útil para la comprensión. Gracias. . ¿Tienes una escuela de aprendizaje de conversación en español?
Geweldige uitleg!! MUCHAS gracias! 12:05
Enseñas genial, saludos de una hispanohablante.
@Dubai892JK
2 жыл бұрын
Hi, your language is confusing to us sometimes, especially when using the pronouns like le, les, lo, las. Thank you
@fromdepressiontoexpression
2 жыл бұрын
@@Dubai892JK those pronouns are important, and they make the language more complete hahaha. But I agree that it’s a confusing language. :) greetings from Mexico.
me gustaría el video! muy bien!
Va a ser desorden porque desorden es lo que hay = There is going to be chaos/entropy because chaos/entropy is all there is. (Close translation for those who are wondering.) Side note: Love your videos my guy
mucho gracias
I really prefer a teacher whose main language is English like this guy. He's far easier to understand for me as sort of a beginner. I have watchhed the videos by Anna the Spanish lady and she is really cool but she's nowhere near as good of a true teacher as perhaps this guy. She has a really nice personality but I'm really not impressed with her overall teaching skills from the perspective of an English-speaking person trying to learn Spanish. I've always had a really hard time figuring out this language despite playing around with it for 3 or 4 years. I live in Ecuador and I just use Spanglish all the time and I never seem to progress at all beyond that. So I'm trying to actually learn the language and I just started looking at KZread videos. I've used Duolingo but it's so slow it's ridiculous. So far this guy looks quite good. I'm going to check out other teachers whose main language is English as well.
Really like it 😊
Muy buen para explicar
@alejandrojoselizano
2 жыл бұрын
Muy bueno para explicar
Your channel is my new favorite because of your explanations broken down so clearly. A lot of holes are being filled in my understanding. Can you tell me, what is the book on top of your shelf with the pencils on the cover? Thank you for your fantastic channel. Estoy feliz que he encontrado otro bolillo que puede clarificar mi Espanol. Muchisimas gracias. 🙂
@realfastspanish
2 жыл бұрын
¡Gracias Chris! 😊 The thing on my book self is one of my favourite quotes of all time: "That's the very reason they put rubbers on pencils, because people make mistakes." It's an important quote for perfectionists!
@chrisholland3552
2 жыл бұрын
@@realfastspanish Thank you for the quick response! That is a GREAT quote. Thank you for sharing it with me. I'm so happy I found your channel to supplement and improve my Spanish.
Excellent
Sometimes you forget to translate your examples. Thank you for what you do.
Until this video, it never occurred to me that "tener" and "haber" could be confused as meaning the same thing. Given all the weird mistakes I've made on my language journey, I'm glad that I didn't have this one. Nevertheless, as always, your video was very good. I really like the video clips you use. Is there any way that you could play the video clips twice? You always pronounce the sentences twice, but the video clips just go by so quickly!
@realfastspanish
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the feedback and the suggestion 😀
@Greeter16
2 жыл бұрын
Cora, I just rewind it to hear it again.
excellent
A great video as usual. Thank you! A question: In the sentence No hay nada que celebrar. I don’t understand the use of que. It translates as ‘to’ in English here- but what’s the grammatical origin of the structure?
You made it Supereasy. Can You suggest me a book to learn Esnañol in better way.
Just discovered your channel cause I heard the sentence "no podría haber estado más equivocado" meaning I couldn't have been more wrong, and it made me wonder about the uses of haber vs tener, and got to admit I'm still a little confused haha
@realfastspanish
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, it's not easy! But, if you focus on the idea of possession versus an action in time, it will start to unravel.
Subscribed!
Clear lesson as usual with examples. I would like a follow up to Haber-and tener with past and future. These words are so common
@realfastspanish
4 жыл бұрын
Great suggestion! 😀
It's easy for the bilingual to understand this things because in Filipino language we used, "Meron, Mayroon, May" and also sino and pero is like but, but our sino is "kundi" , and pero is "pero, or ngunit"
Thanks for this useful video. Is there a reason why you did not mention vosotros forms of the verbs? I know that form is not used in latin america.
@realfastspanish
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, that’s right. We only need “vosotros” in Spain. And we need “vos” in Argentina. And I avoid those forms on the channel.
You can use haber as kind of "soft destiny" or fulfilment.... Yo he de graduarme...... / Tengo que graudarme.........(Eventually I will graduate) ( I have to graduate ) (it is my destiny) It can overlap with the statement of having something to do The basic form is "haber de" He de graduarme Has de graduarte Ha de graduarse Hemos de graduarnos, etc
I wonder what the movie it is at 5:55 can anyone tell me? thanks
I love the way explain 😊 que= to from u
DEBÍ HABER TENIDO éste maestro antes 🙊
Where do you get spanish flashcards?
Great video! There is a lot of useful information on this channel! I'd like to recommend the excellent book by Yuriy Ivantsiv Polyglot Notes: Practical Tips for Learning a Foreign Language. This workshop contains many methods for learning a foreign language, showing how to use modern technology. The practicum will help everyone who is studying a foreign language on their own or with a teacher! Good luck to everyone! Thanks to the author for the work!
I've listened to the talk show host (5:37) say 'pero esto, que es?' over and over. I hear 'pero todo, que es'. Am I wrong?
Question: As the impersonal translation of haber is to exist, and the translation of ester is to be, can we use “he habido” and “he estado” to say “I have been?”
@GlennSV
Жыл бұрын
"I have been..." can be translated to "yo he estado..." or "yo he sido...". "yo he habido" is wrong and doesn't make any sense.
My Merriam-Webster's Dictionary says I can say "tenia pensado escribirte" meaning I have been thinking of writing to you. Is that correct? Can I conjugate tener instead of haber to form the present perfect tense?
@realfastspanish
4 жыл бұрын
Translation is sometimes an art and sometimes science. We could translate the Spanish into English as "I thought..." or "I was thinking..." which means we don't need the present perfect in English for this translation.
@silvestrenet
3 жыл бұрын
@@realfastspanish I would say in spanish: "I had thought writing you" more close to spanish version.
He dicho is different than yo dije. With he dicho something else must follow but with dije it is said and done n nothing more need be said. dije que no estoy en casa....vs.......He dicho esto muchas veces antes. So they really are NOT the same.
Gracias Timothy. This is a phrase that really sent me off the rails because it deviates from the usual rules. Debe haber habido un problema, pero no es tu culpa. I would have thought about using sido or estado here instead of habido Please clarify.
@waltersalinas248
Жыл бұрын
There must have been a problem ( We are guessing about the existence of a problem) Debe = must haber habido = there have been => there have = haber....... habido = there been. a bit confusing... as a native spanish speaker i would normally translate like that : Debe haber habido un problema = "There must have been a problem "
very helpful video and I got some great ideas from it, but "any questions"? lol.... Hacer is not a verb that will be completely understood without a LOT of practice and work lol
@realfastspanish
2 жыл бұрын
Very true Lynn!!! Regular practice is really important! 😊
I remember tripping over the triple verbs in a row with the infinitive in the middle but its the same in english, "I could have said" / "pude haber dicho". That really messed with my brain at first
12:46pm cst. Can you, please, help me receive the newsletter. It never shows up in my email or spam folder. Thanks.
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adjectives I need to know more of that way I can understand how to use these verbs, he has ha hamos han those are the endings y'all and haste for Spain too
I’d like to see the past tense of haber (había, etc).
@gerlautamr.656
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(Yo) hube or había = I had. (Tú) hubiste or habías = You had (Él/Ella/Usted) Hubo or Había = He/She/You (formal) had. Nosotros hubimos or habíamos = We had. Ustedes hubieron or habían = You all had. Ellos/Ellas hubieron or habían = They had. This is the preterite and the imperfect.
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Andrew I am an intermediate student. The logic with this translation in the following sentence however still is confusing to me. "There has to be encough food for everyone" "Tiene que haber suficiente comida para todas" Here both tener and haber are used in the same sentence and yet there is no physical possession as usually needed with tener. Also why not use subjunctive as this is expressing a desire. Gracias como siempre
Can we use "Tener" as an auxiliary verb? Eg: Tengo hecho la compra.
@JorgeSchz2004
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, but "compra" is femenine, so it will be: _Tengo hecha* la compra._
@sharathrao85
3 жыл бұрын
@@JorgeSchz2004 Thanks a lot.
Why do you not use 3rd person plural in the conjugation of verbs?
How can I get the newsletter?
@realfastspanish
2 жыл бұрын
If you look at the description of the video, there will be a link at the bottom.
I understand the tener. I will just remember the tener uses.