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¿Quién tiene razón ahora?

¿Quién tiene razón ahora?
Who is right now?
From Lesson 19:The verb tener (tengo, tienes)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about ¿Quién tiene razón ahora?

Why does the Spanish sentence use a form of tener (to have) instead of to be?
In English, we say someone is right. In Spanish, the set phrase is tener razón, which literally means to have reason. So instead of using a to be verb like ser or estar, you must use tener.
Why is the verb conjugated as tiene here?
The question word quién (who) acts as a singular, third-person subject, just like he or she in English. Because of this, you use tiene, which is the third-person singular form of tener.
Does the word razón literally mean right?
Directly translated, razón means reason. When you ask ¿Quién tiene razón?, you are literally asking Who has reason?, which is exactly how Spanish speakers express Who is right?.
Why does quién have an accent mark?
In Spanish, question words always carry an accent mark over a vowel. This helps distinguish them from their non-question forms. For example, quién is used when asking who?, while quien without an accent is used to connect parts of a normal sentence.

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