Conjugate tener in El Pretérito Indefinido (simple past)

2021-04-15

The verb tener (to have) is irregular in El Pretérito Indefinido:

yo	tuve
tú	tuviste
él/ella/Ud.	tuvo
nosotros / nosotras	tuvimos
vosotros / vosotras	tuvisteis
ellos/ellas/Uds.	tuvieron

Here are some examples to look at and listen to:

Yo tuve un sueño muy bonito anoche.I had a very beautiful dream last night.

Tú tuviste mucha suerte con tu marido.You were very lucky with your husband.

Usted tuvo más de un millón de dólares.You had more than a million dollars.

Nosotros tuvimos un Ferrari antiguamente.We had a Ferrari in the past.

Vosotros tuvisteis una moto.You had a motorbike.

Ellas tuvieron mucho dinero.They had a lot of money.

Ustedes tuvieron suerte con el colegio de sus hijos.You were lucky with your children's school.

Here is a list with more verbs that follow the same pattern like tener in El Pretérito Indefinido: Verb list: Tener and its derivatives .

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