In my Spanish course, I had to translate “John, ten el mapa” this morning. I hadn’t thought of tener being used as a command before, and I don’t entirely trust Duolingo, so I asked ChatGPT:

Can the “ten” as used in “John, ten el mapa” be translated as “John, take the map”?

And got a good answer more quickly than I could have found it in my Routledge Reference Grammar book.

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Anthony (Tony/Pcunix) Lawrence 👀
Anthony (Tony/Pcunix) Lawrence 👀

Written by Anthony (Tony/Pcunix) Lawrence 👀

Retired Unix Consultant. I write tech and humor mostly but sometimes other things. See my Lists if your interests are specific.

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