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Tú no tienes el carro.

Tú no tienes el carro.
You do not have the car.
From Lesson 5:Formal and informal you (tú vs. usted)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about Tú no tienes el carro.

Why do we use Tú here instead of Usted?
Because Tú is the informal word for "you". You use it when talking to friends, family members, or people your own age. If you were speaking formally to someone older, a boss, or a stranger to show respect, you would use Usted.
If I wanted to be polite and use Usted, how would this sentence change?
You would need to change both the pronoun and the verb! The formal version is Usted no tiene el carro. The verb form tienes goes with tú, while tiene goes with usted.
Why is there an accent mark on Tú?
The accent mark tells apart two words that sound exactly the same. Tú (with the accent) means the person "you" (the subject of a sentence). Tu (without the accent) means "your", as in tu carro (your car).
Where did the "do" go? The English translation says "do not have".
Spanish does not use helping verbs like "do" or "does" for negative sentences. To say you "do not" do something, you simply put no right before the main verb. So, no tienes directly translates to "you do not have".
I learned the word coche for car. Can I use that instead of carro?
Yes! Carro is widely used in Latin America, but coche is understood perfectly (it is the main word for car in Spain). You might also hear auto used commonly in places like Argentina and Chile.

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