A Spanish question?

Question

I'm learning Spanish at the moment and I've come across a few sentences where Los comes before tengo.

So los is the plural of the definite article, I don't see how that can be put before tengo. The (plural) I have?

Could someone put :Los tengo into a sentence for me and give me the translation so that I can make sense of it?

Thanks in advance!

Ahh I see, thanks!
So if...
Los tengo = I have them
does...
El tengo = I have it

Answer 1

OK, watch this space:

Tengo dos perros
I have two dogs

Los tengo por compania
I have them for company

Has it helped?

Answer 2

Hello, I am Spanish and I hope that I can help you in your doubt, the first thing that I advice you is that you must not think in English to speak in Spanish because our language is more complex than yours, so "Los" is a masculine article in plural and tengo is 1st person of present of indicative mode of verb "tener", some sentences could be:
Los tengo en el dormitorio = I have them in the bedroom.
Creo que los tengo aunque no sé dónde = I think I have them, but I don´t know were.
Me preguntó dónde los tengo guardados = He asked me were I keep them.
Buena suerte en tu aprendizaje. Greetings from Spain.

Answer 3

Los in that case is not an article. It works as a direct object.

Los means in this case them (masculine plural)
Las them (female plural)
Lo him (masculine singular)
La her (female singular)

In "Los tengo".... you must assume "Yo los tengo" the subject is Yo (I).... Yo tengo is incomplete and have no sense... so you need to ad a complement (whatever you like) Yo tengo los libros, Yo tengo un lapiz...

If you have already stated waht you are talking about you can use los, las, la or lo.....

Don't mix up with los as article and los as complement... as an article it must preceed a noun... as a complement it is actually replacing a noun. (a Masculine plural noun, otherwise use Las, la or lo)

Answer 4

There may be two objects in a sentence: a direct and an indirect object. Los - is an example if direct objects. In English an object pronoun always follows the verb. In Spanish the position varies.
Spanish Grammar places object pronouns immediately before a conjugated verb:
¿Conoces al abogado? Sí, LO conozco. (Do you know the lawyer? - Yes, I know HIM)
¿Tienes libros españoles? - Sí, LOS tengo. (Do you have Spanish books? - Yes, I have THEM)
¿Dónde están mis llaves? - LAS tengo. (Where are my keys? - I have THEM)

Answer 5

it means I have them.

Tienes mis zapatos?
si los tengo

Answer 6

Yo tengo
Tu tengas
El tenga
Los tengamos
Ellos tengan

is the proper conjugation

Answer 7

Is it maybe like Italian and means, "I have them"?