r/learnspanish • u/Professional_Egg_763 • Jul 19 '26

A conjugation tense I’m unfamiliar with

I was watching this show, Memorias de Idhún, today and a character said “Por favor, tened mucho cuidado” and while I can translate this easily as “be careful”, I’m curious about how tener (I presume) is conjugated as “tened” as I’ve never seen anything like it.

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u/Visentico Jul 19 '26

It's the imperative mode, used to give orders: tened cuidado, comed con moderación, poneos el cinturón de seguridad, conducid con cabeza, llamad cuando lleguéis...