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- "I have a sister."
"I have a sister."
Translation:Yo tengo una hermana.
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Its conjugation for present tense tiene Yo tengo Tu tienes El/ella tiene Nosotros tenemos Ellos/ellas tienen
As a rule of thumb, if it ends in an '-o', it's usually I (verb). Tienes ends with an '-s' which usuallt means that it is the (informal)you version. Tiene is the version of the verb used for HE/SHE/(formal)YOU has. And, as Alex486337 says, tenemos ends with '-os', meaning that it is we (verb) and tienen ends with '-n' meaning that it is they (verb).
In that case, is it possible to shave off "Yo" and have it be "Tengo una hermana"?
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Both mean "a" or "an" but "un" usually goes with masculine nouns and "una" with feminine: un hermano, una hermana; un amigo, una amiga; un carro, una casa, un tío, una tía.
For verb conjugations, I'd highly recommend looking up "Que hora es?" A series on YouTube, also called "Spanish for beginners" by a channel called AIB. It's just one guy in a classroom but he really cleared up the conjugations that I just couldn't understand. He uses a pretty common chart but the way he explains it is fantástico.
Sorry that i cannot provide a link, I don't have accessto YT to get it at the moment, but if you're having trouble with how to end verbs properly, look it up!
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I'm so confused between tengo and tienes/tiene verb forms. Can anyone simplify it based on first, second and third person?