silent que?
This is my puzzle, tonight.
Why the 'que' in 'tenemos que hablar'?
tenemos : we have
que: what
hablar: to talk
Why not be literal? Tenemos hablar...we have to talk..noooo!
Put that in Google translate, and you get 'we talk', not 'we have to talk'.
I tried this is with 'bebemos que vivir' and got 'drink to live' (probably 'we drink to live'). Remove the 'que' and you get 'drink live'.
Search from various English teachers...
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Tener = to have
Tener que = to have to
The meaning is different. You are trying to impose English language conventions on Spanish. Sometimes you just have to accept that they are different languages which developed independently and have different rules. For example in Spanish you use tener to express your age, not ser (to be) as you do in English. Its just a different language with a different set of conventions.
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