{"id":1911,"date":"2019-04-10T15:05:17","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T15:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pocketlearningspanish.com\/inicio\/?p=653"},"modified":"2019-10-12T22:40:13","modified_gmt":"2019-10-12T22:40:13","slug":"spagnolo-tener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/it\/blog\/spagnolo-tener\/","title":{"rendered":"Essere vs Avere: La battaglia dei verbi"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?--><p>I verbi spagnoli <em>ser<\/em> (essere) e <em>tener<\/em> (avere) sono due dei verbi pi\u00f9 usati nella lingua. Se hai iniziato da poco a studiare lo spagnolo, avrai notato che dovrai usarli fin dal primo giorno: <em>\u00a1Hola! <strong>S<\/strong><\/em><em><strong>oy<\/strong> Miriam y <strong>tengo<\/strong> 14 a\u00f1os (Hi! I\u2019m Miriam and I\u2019m 14 years old).<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Tuttavia, anche se a prima vista \u00e8 molto caratteristico, si pu\u00f2 notare che ci\u00f2 che pu\u00f2 essere espresso con uno di questi verbi in una lingua non \u00e8 detto che sia valido a livello internazionale.<\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents-pro\"><a href=\"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/it\/blog\/falsi-amici\/\" class=\"template-4\"><img width=\"250\" height=\"159\" src=\"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/CONVERSA-false-friends.png\" class=\"alignleft wp-post-image\" alt=\"CONVERSA spagnolo inglese falsi amici\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/CONVERSA-false-friends.png 825w, https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/CONVERSA-false-friends-600x382.png 600w, https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/CONVERSA-false-friends-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/CONVERSA-false-friends-768x489.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\"><div class=\"postTitle\"><span><strong>Leggi di pi\u00f9<\/strong>Video: Falsi amici spagnolo-inglese<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div><p>This is the case with \u2018to be\u2019 in English and <em>tener<\/em> in spagnolo.<\/p>\n<p>So, what do I mean, exactly? Let\u2019s first look at <em>tener<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2><strong><i>Verbo spagnolo: Tener<\/i><\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents-pro\"><a href=\"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/it\/attivita-online\/coniugazioni-dei-verbi\/\" class=\"template-4\"><img width=\"250\" height=\"159\" src=\"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/CONVERSA-CONJUGATE-SPANISH-VERBS-IN-PRESENT.png\" class=\"alignleft wp-post-image\" alt=\"CONVERSA CONIUGARE I VERBI SPAGNOLI AL PRESENTE\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/CONVERSA-CONJUGATE-SPANISH-VERBS-IN-PRESENT.png 825w, https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/CONVERSA-CONJUGATE-SPANISH-VERBS-IN-PRESENT-600x382.png 600w, https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/CONVERSA-CONJUGATE-SPANISH-VERBS-IN-PRESENT-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/CONVERSA-CONJUGATE-SPANISH-VERBS-IN-PRESENT-768x489.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\"><div class=\"postTitle\"><span><strong>Leggi di pi\u00f9<\/strong>Attivit\u00e0 online: Coniuga i verbi spagnoli al presente<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div><p>A seconda del tuo livello di conoscenza dello spagnolo, potresti sapere che i verbi possono essere regolari o irregolari. Cosa significa? Per farla breve: o mantengono la loro forma principale, indipendentemente dal tempo, o fanno quello che vogliono.<\/p>\n<p><em>Tener<\/em> plays for the irregular team. Yup, it\u2019s one of those. Anyway, here\u2019s a reminder of what the present tense looks like:<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3906 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/CONVERSA-To-Be-vs-To-Have-Battle-of-the-Verbs-300x240.png\" alt=\"CONVERSA Essere vs Avere: La battaglia dei verbi\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/CONVERSA-To-Be-vs-To-Have-Battle-of-the-Verbs-300x240.png 300w, https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/CONVERSA-To-Be-vs-To-Have-Battle-of-the-Verbs-600x480.png 600w, https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/CONVERSA-To-Be-vs-To-Have-Battle-of-the-Verbs-768x614.png 768w, https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/CONVERSA-To-Be-vs-To-Have-Battle-of-the-Verbs.png 945w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Cases of English \u2018To Be\u2019 = Spanish \u2018Tener\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>There are many cases in which the verb \u201cto be\u201d is translated as <em>tener\u00a0<\/em>in Spanish, so it is common for language learners on either side to mistake the two. Have you ever heard a native Spanish speaker try their best at English and go: \u201cI have 18 years\u201d? They don\u2019t mean years left to live, obviously (TMI much?), but how old they are.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s look at the most common uses of <em>tener<\/em> that would correspond to the verb \u2018to be\u2019 in English:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tener ___ a\u00f1os \u2013<\/strong> di avere ___ anni<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tener hambre\u00a0\u2013<\/strong> essere affamati<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tener sed\u00a0\u2013<\/strong> avere sete<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tener calor\u00a0\u2013<\/strong> essere\/sentire caldo<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tener fr\u00edo\u00a0\u2013<\/strong> essere\/sentire freddo<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tener cuidado\u00a0\u2013<\/strong> fare attenzione<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tener miedo \u2013<\/strong> avere paura<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tener prisa\u00a0\u2013<\/strong> avere fretta<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tener raz\u00f3n\u00a0\u2013<\/strong> per avere ragione<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tener sue\u00f1o\u00a0\u2013<\/strong> essere assonnato<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tener suerte\u00a0\u2013<\/strong> essere fortunati<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tener dolor \u2013<\/strong> soffrire<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tener la culpa \u2013<\/strong> essere in difetto<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tener \u00e9xito \u2013<\/strong> per avere successo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A volte, per\u00f2, la stessa frase pu\u00f2 essere tradotta in due modi diversi, come ad esempio\u00a0<em>ser paciente vs tener paciencia (essere paziente vs avere pazienza).<\/em><\/p>\n<p>So? Would you have ever thought that you could say \u2018I have hunger\u2019 or \u2018I have hurry\u2019 and not sound absolutely ridiculous? Well, now you can! It only goes to show that learning a new language only broadens your mind.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Non c'\u00e8 abbastanza spagnolo per oggi?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Se vuoi imparare a parlare lo spagnolo o vuoi migliorare le tue capacit\u00e0 linguistiche, inizia subito! Fai questa attivit\u00e0 online e scopri altri usi dei verbi <em>ser<\/em> e\u00a0<em>tener<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0px; width: 100%; height: 500px;\" src=\"https:\/\/learningapps.org\/watch?v=ppjrkz6pn18\"><\/iframe><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Spanish verbs ser (to be) and tener (to have) are two of the most frequently-used verbs in the language. If you have recently taken up Spanish, you may have noticed that you kind of have to use them from day one: \u00a1Hola! Soy Miriam y tengo 14 a\u00f1os (Hi! I\u2019m Miriam and I\u2019m 14 [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,7,30,97],"tags":[21,75,12,105,106],"class_list":["post-1911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-a1","category-blog","category-grammar","category-spanish","tag-conversation","tag-learn-spanish-online","tag-online-activity","tag-practice-spanish-skills","tag-tener-vs-ser"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/CONVERSA-To-Be-vs-To-Have-Battle-of-the-Verbs-cover.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1911\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}