Breakdown of Tienes un error, vuelve a leer este texto.
tener
to have
leer
to read
un
a, an (masculine)
a
to
Questions & Answers about Tienes un error, vuelve a leer este texto.
How does vuelve a leer translate to "read again"?
The phrase volver a followed by an infinitive verb (like leer, to read) is a special combination that means to do something again. Even though volver normally means "to return," here it acts like the English word "again" or the prefix "re-". So, vuelve a leer means "read again" or "re-read."
Why is it vuelve instead of vuelves if we are talking to "you"?
The second half of the sentence is giving a direct instruction, which is called an imperative command. For informal tú (you) commands, Spanish drops the "s" from the normal present tense. So, vuelves (you return) becomes the command vuelve (do it!). We know the sentence is talking to tú because the first half starts with tienes.
In English we usually say "you made a mistake." Why does this use tienes (you have)?
Why do we use este texto instead of esto texto for "this text"?