tener - preterite  

Resources Spanish Preterite Tense Tener
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Tener is irregular in the preterite.




		
			

				yo
				 tuve

				I had
			

			

				tú
				 tuviste

				you had
			

			

				Ud./él/ella
				 tuvo

				you/he/she had
			

			

				nosotros/as
				 tuvimos

				we had
			

			

				vosotros/as
				 tuvisteis

				you all had
			

			

				Uds./ellos/ellas
				 tuvieron

				you all/they had
			

		



 Tuve un sueño.

      I had a dream.

 ¡Qué suerte tuviste!

      What luck you had!

 Él no tuvo que ser expulsado.

      He didn't have to be expelled.

 Usted tuvo un accidente automovilístico.

      You had an automobile accident. (formal)

 Mi esposo y yo tuvimos cuatro hijos juntos.

      My husband and I had four kids together.

 Tuvisteis que volver al día siguiente.

      You all had to return the following day.

 Tuvieron más experiencia en los momentos

      clave.

     They had more experience in the key

      moments.







                                


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