"Do you have a brother?"
Translation:¿Tú tienes un hermano?
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Why not "¿Tienes tú un hermano?" is promoted as answer? Is not it the one that is grammatically correct? It is accepted anyway.
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You can use 'tiene' as long as you use 'usted' as well to make it a formal question, e.g. ¿Tiene Ud. un hermano? 'Usted' usually shortens to 'Ud.' (with capital letter and full stop) in written Spanish.
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¿Tienes usted un hermano? I would use to say do you have a brother... Tu tienes un hermano is more of a question response to someone finding out that the subject has a brother
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Which one would a native speaker say? 1) Tienes un hermano? 2) Tienes hermano?
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The given answer was " vos tenes " but this was not in the drop down hints,
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I got the "tu tienes" wrong twice in this lesson. Is there an easy way to remember "Tu tienes and el, ella tiene?" I mean some trick to make it kind of automatic when I'm trying to think in Spanish and not translating back and forth. I hope somepne understands my question.
You need to remember that "you" = "tú" so "you have" uses "tú" (tú tienes). When there is no accent mark, "tu" is the possessive "your".
Why 'tienes' instead of 'tengo'? I think it's a matter of grammar . . . .
