EPISODE · Jun 9, 2026 · 3 MIN
5/8 Magical Words In Spanish: How To Say I Have To, I Had To, I'm Going to Have To | Tener Que in Spanish Stuck in Your Head
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If you want to learn to speak Spanish go to readytospeakspanish.com One verb. Three tenses. One song. This is tener que — to have to. The verb that tells you what you must do, what you had to do, and what you're going to have to do. Tengo que. He tenido que. Voy a tener que. I have to. I had to. I'm going to have to. Tener que is one of the most useful structures in Spanish. I have to go. I had to speak. I'm going to have to do it. Once this pattern is automatic — present, past, future — obligation in Spanish becomes effortless. Intro One verb. Three tenses. To have to — tener que. I have to — tengo que. I had to — he tenido que. I'm going to have to — voy a tener que. Let's go. Verso 1 — Present I have to Tengo que I have to go Tengo que ir I have to go to the beach Tengo que ir a la playa I have to speak Tengo que hablar I have to speak Spanish Tengo que hablar español I have to do it Tengo que hacerlo I have to be here Tengo que estar aquí I have to — tengo que Ya lo sé Coro I have to — tengo que I had to — he tenido que I'm going to have to — voy a tener que Tener que — ya lo sé I have to — tengo que I had to — he tenido que I'm going to have to — voy a tener que Tener que — ya lo sé Verso 2 — Past I had to He tenido que I had to go He tenido que ir I had to go to the beach He tenido que ir a la playa I had to speak He tenido que hablar I had to speak Spanish He tenido que hablar español I had to do it He tenido que hacerlo I had to be here He tenido que estar aquí I had to — he tenido que Ya lo sé Coro I have to — tengo que I had to — he tenido que I'm going to have to — voy a tener que Tener que — ya lo sé I have to — tengo que I had to — he tenido que I'm going to have to — voy a tener que Tener que — ya lo sé Verso 3 — Future I'm going to have to Voy a tener que I'm going to have to go Voy a tener que ir I'm going to have to go to the beach Voy a tener que ir a la playa I'm going to have to speak Voy a tener que hablar I'm going to have to speak Spanish Voy a tener que hablar español I'm going to have to do it Voy a tener que hacerlo I'm going to have to be here Voy a tener que estar aquí I'm going to have to — voy a tener que Ya lo sé Coro I have to — tengo que I had to — he tenido que I'm going to have to — voy a tener que Tener que — ya lo sé I have to — tengo que I had to — he tenido que I'm going to have to — voy a tener que Tener que — ya lo sé Puente I have to — tengo que I had to — he tenido que I'm going to have to — voy a tener que I have to go — tengo que ir I had to go — he tenido que ir I'm going to have to go — voy a tener que ir I have to speak — tengo que hablar I had to speak — he tenido que hablar I'm going to have to speak — voy a tener que hablar Tengo que — he tenido que — voy a tener que Tengo que — he tenido que — voy a tener que El verbo tener que — ya lo sé Ya lo sé — ya lo sé Coro I have to — tengo que I had to — he tenido que I'm going to have to — voy a tener que Tener que — ya lo sé I have to — tengo que I had to — he tenido que I'm going to have to — voy a tener que Tener que — ya lo sé Frases en esta canción English | Spanish I have to | Tengo que I have to go | Tengo que ir I have to go to the beach | Tengo que ir a la playa I have to speak | Tengo que hablar I have to speak Spanish | Tengo que hablar español I have to do it | Tengo que hacerlo I have to be here | Tengo que estar aquí I had to | He tenido que I had to go | He tenido que ir I had to go to the beach | He tenido que ir a la playa I had to speak | He tenido que hablar I had to speak Spanish | He tenido que hablar español I had to do it | He tenido que hacerlo I had to be here | He tenido que estar aquí I'm going to have to | Voy a tener que I'm going to have to go | Voy a tener que ir I'm going to have to go to the beach | Voy a tener que ir a la playa I'm going to have to speak | Voy a tener que hablar I'm going to have to speak Spanish | Voy a tener que hablar español I'm going to have to do it | Voy a tener que hacerlo I'm going to have to be here | Voy a tener que estar aquí El patrón One verb. Three structures. Every tense you need. Present — tengo que + infinitive I have to go — tengo que ir I have to speak — tengo que hablar I have to do it — tengo que hacerlo Past — he tenido que + infinitive I had to go — he tenido que ir I had to speak — he tenido que hablar I had to do it — he tenido que hacerlo Future — voy a tener que + infinitive I'm going to have to go — voy a tener que ir I'm going to have to speak — voy a tener que hablar I'm going to have to do it — voy a tener que hacerlo Cómo usar esta canción Listen to one verse at a time. Verse 1 is present. Verse 2 is past. Verse 3 is future. By the bridge all three should be running together automatically. Then try making your own sentences — tengo que + anything you have to do right now. He tenido que + anything you had to do before. Voy a tener que + anything you are going to have to do. If you want to learn to speak Spanish go to readytospeakspanish.com Stuck in Your Head: Songs to Learn Spanish — created by Mystikole AI
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