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Tener +que+ infinitive
Obligation: In order to show a phrase of obligation (what somebody or something has to
do), you will use the following formula:
Tener (conjugated to match the subject) + que + infinitive
It is your turn. Translate these sentences/questions into Spanish (Remember to follow the
above formula).
1. We have to rent a book in the library.
2. They have to talk in the theater.
3. I have to study in the bookstore with (con) the male
cousin at five o’clock.
4. Do you have to clean the bathroom on Friday?
5. She has to work at the post office.
6. Does Mario have to call the office or the airport?
7. When does María have to dance on the beach?
8. Lyndsay and Jennifer have to buy some apples in the
market.
9. I have to run through (por) the neighborhood and the
park without (sin) the cat.
10. He has to open the church at four o’clock on Sundays in
the summer.