Preterite: Irregular 'ER' Verbs: 'Tener'

Spanish: Cambridge International GCSE, topic 8.2.10

'Tener' in the Preterite Tense

For 'tener' in the preterite tense ','tuv' replaces 'ten' as the stem. The endings for the verb are similar to the verb 'estar'.

Tuve - I had

Tuve - I had

Tuviste - you had

Tuviste - you had

Tuvo - he/she had / you had (formal)

Tuvo - he/she had / you had (formal)

Tuvimos - we had

Tuvimos - we had

Tuvisteis - you had (plural)

Tuvisteis - you had (plural)

Tuvieron - they had / you had (formal plural)

Tuvieron - they had / you had (formal plural)

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