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Old June 13, 2013, 03:13 AM
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Haber/tener?

me puedes ayduar entender cual es la diferencia entre
he tenido y he habido

If I want to say "I have had to work this morning"

es traduce "he tenido que trabajar esta manana"

or "he habido que trabajar esta semana"

para que tipo de frases se usa "he habido"
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Old June 13, 2013, 09:15 AM
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*** (Never forget to insert opening question and exclamation marks, and never forget to capitalize properly) Me puedes ayduar ayudar a entender cuál es la diferencia entre he tenido y he habido ?

If I want to say "I have had to work this morning"

es Se traduce como "he tenido que trabajar esta mañana"

or "he habido que trabajar esta semana" (Be careful: "mañana" and "semana" have different meanings) ?

¿Para qué tipo de frases se usa "he habido" ?
Your first sentence is correct.

"Haber" is an auxiliary verb for compound tenses, which are built by combining the verb "haber" conjugated and the past participle of the main verb. So "he habido" is never used.
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Old June 13, 2013, 10:59 AM
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To expand further, the verb "to have" has at least3 common uses in English, but "haber" can translate only 1 of those 3 uses.

1. As an auxiliary verb used to create compound tenses ("perfect" tenses) such as "I have seen it". Spanish "haber" is used the same way.

2. Combined with "to" as "to have to", it functions as an auxiliary verb that specifies obligation: "I have to see it". Often one can say "must" instead of "have to", but one cannot substitute "must" for "had to". Spanish "haber" CANNOT have this meaning: typically one translates this to Spanish using "tener que", "deber" or some other compatible expression.

3. As a main verb with the general meaning of "own, possess, hold". In modern Spanish "haber" CANNOT have this meaning. The most common translation equivalent of this meaning is "tener".
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Old June 13, 2013, 11:35 AM
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To expand even further, in Spanish tener has two meanings equal to English 1)the have as in to have a pair of shoes 2)to have to

Contrary to English,in Spanish the auxiliary verb to have as in I have seen the Grand Canyon is a completely different verb. That verb is haber.
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