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"Do you have a brother?"
Translation:¿Tú tienes un hermano?
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In Spanish, you have to agree the verb form depending on what/who is performing the action:
Comer (to eat): yo como, tú comes…
Here's a guide on that: https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/24939344
Tener (to have) is an irregular verb (not only does the ending change, but the root does too): yo tengo, tú tienes…
Here's a guide on tener: https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/24214951
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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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WinterAnge8 you must write "tú" when it's a subject. "Tú comes comida"= You eat food.
Tu is a possessive adjetive "your"
Tu carro rojo es bonito=your red car is beautiful
One-syllable words usually don't have an accent mark. However, there are some groups of words that may have, or not, an accent mark depending on their meaning, which are:
Stressed form | Meaning | Unstressed form | Meaning |
---|---|---|---|
tú | you [pronoun] |
tu | your [possessive adj.] |
él | he, him [pronoun] |
el | the [article] |
mí | me [pronoun] |
mi | my [possessive adj.] mi, E [musical note] |
sí | yes [adverb] |
si | if, whether [conjunction] B, ti [musical note] |
té | tea [beverage] |
te | (to) you [pronoun] tee [letter] |
dé [from dar] |
give [verb] |
de | of, from [preposition] dee [letter] |
sé¹ [from saber] sé² [from ser] |
¹I know ²(you) be! [verb] |
se | (to) itself [reflexive pronoun] |
más | more [adjective/adverb] |
mas | but [conjunction] |
In Spanish, you have to agree verbs (actions) with the subject, just like I am, you are, he is in English.
Tener is irregular, so it does not follow the regular conjugation pattern.
Subject | Conjugated form |
---|---|
yo | tengo |
tú | tienes |
él, ella, usted | tiene |
nosotros, nosotras | tenemos |
ellos, ellas, ustedes | tienen |
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It depends on your device/operating system. Take a look at this page:
http://joyoflanguages.com/how-to-type-spanish-accents/
There are many others if you do a search.
NOTE: Duo does not mark punctuation
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No - look at the answer Duo provided and you can see that "brother" is "hermano"
"hija" is "daughter"
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"un" - "a/an" (masculine noun)
"una" - "a/an" (feminine noun)
If you are serious about learning:
https://www.spanishdict.com/guide/indefinite-articles-in-spanish