🇬🇧 She isn't home. She's at work.
🇪🇸 [Ella]No está en casa.[Ella]está en el trabajo.

🇬🇧 These chairs aren't beautiful, but they're comfortable.
🇪🇸 Estas sillas no son bonitas, pero son cómodas.

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🇬🇧 Here's your coat.
🇪🇸 Aquí está tu abrigo.

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Idiomatic Expressions with "TENER"

✏️An idiom is an expression that cannot be immediately understood by analyzing its literal meaning. A few examples of idioms in English are:👇
 
to be "on the go"
to "play the field"
to "jump the gun"

✏️Spanish also has many idiomatic expressions. Although their literal translations sound odd to English speakers, they sound perfectly natural to native speakers. Here is one example:👇

Idiom: Hace mucho frío
Literally: It makes much cold
True Meaning: It is very cold

✏️There are many idiomatic expressions that use the verb tener. This one expresses age:👇

Idiom: tener _ años
Literally: to have _ years
True Meaning: to be _ years old

✏️Many other expressions using tener express physical sensations:👇

tener frío 👉 to be cold
tener calor 👉 to be hot
tener hambre 👉 to be hungry
tener sed 👉 to be thirsty
tener sueño 👉 to be sleepy
tener dolor de 👉 to hurt or be sore, etc.

✏️There are also many idiomatic expressions with tener that express sensations more psychological in nature:👇

tener prisa 👉 to be in a hurry
tener miedo a/de + noun 👉to be afraid of something
tener miedo a/de + infinitive 👉 to be afraid to do something
tener celos 👉 to be jealous
tener confianza 👉 to be confident
tener cuidado 👉 to be careful
tener vergüenza 👉 to be ashamed

✏️There are other idiomatic expressions with tener as well:👇

tener razón 👉 to be right
tener éxito 👉 to be successful
tener la culpa 👉 to be guilty
tener suerte 👉 to be lucky
tener lugar 👉 to take place
tener ganas de 👉 to feel like
tener en cuenta 👉 to take into account

✏️When using these idiomatic expressions, conjugate the verb (tener) according to the subject of the sentence.👇

🇪🇸 Yo tengo cinco años.
🇪🇸 Tú tienes ocho años.
🇪🇸 Pablo tiene dos años.

✏️Notice that the expressions combine the verb tener with a noun:👇

el año * los celos * el frío * la confianza
el calor * el cuidado * el hambre
la vergüenza * la sed * la razón * el sueño
el éxito * el dolor * la culpa * la prisa
la suerte * el miedo * el lugar

✏️Because the expressions with tener use nouns, they are modified with adjectives, not adverbs.👇

🇪🇸 Tengo frío.
🇪🇸 Tengo mucho frío. (not muy)

✏️The first practice exercise and test will cover ten of the most common and useful of these expressions:👇

tener...años & tener calor & tener frío
tener hambre & tener sed & tener prisa
tener miedo a/de.. & tener razón & tener suerte
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🇬🇧 I brush my teeth, and then I take a bath
🇪🇸 Me cepillo los dientes y luego tomo un baño

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🇬🇧 My name's Raul.
🇪🇸 [Yo] Me llamo Raúl.