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Tienes que preparar la reunión para mañana.

Tienes que preparar la reunión para mañana.
You have to prepare the meeting for tomorrow.
From Lesson 58:Obligation (tener que)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about Tienes que preparar la reunión para mañana.

Why do we use que between tienes and preparar?
In Spanish, to say that someone "has to" do something, we use the verb tener (to have) followed by que, and then the action word. Without que, tienes just means you possess an object. Together, tienes que translates to "you have to".
Why is preparar not conjugated to match the "you" form?
When you use the tener que structure, only the first verb (tener) changes to match the person who has to do the action (which gives us tienes). The second verb, which is the action they must do (preparar), always stays in its base dictionary form (the infinitive).
Why is it para mañana and not por mañana?
We use para here because it talks about a deadline or a specific time in the future. Whenever an action or item is due "for" a certain day or time, like "for tomorrow", you will use para.
Doesn't mañana also mean "morning"? How do I know which one it is here?
Yes, mañana means both "morning" and "tomorrow". You can tell them apart by looking at the words around them. When it means "morning", it acts as a noun and usually has a word like "the" before it, such as la mañana (the morning). When used on its own as a time word, like para mañana, it means "tomorrow".

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