Looking for something? If you're looking for something you've lost, you can say:

But if you're looking for something you would like to have, you would say:

The last example uses a new form of the verb called the subjunctive . The subjunctive is used to talk about things that are hypothetical.

In the first example, you could be looking for your car in a garage. You're thinking of a particular car. You use tiene .

In the second example, you could be looking to buy a car with two doors. Since you don't have a specific car in mind, you use the subjunctive tenga .

Here are some more examples.

In the first example, you might be driving around a neighborhood looking for a particular house, a house that you know exists in this area, like a friend's house.

In the second example, you might be talking to a realtor. You would like to buy a two-story house, but you don't know of any house in particular. For all you know, there might not be a two-story house on the market.

In the first example, you know the man you're looking for. It's a particular actor. You might have lost him on the set

In the second example, you might be posting an add. You would like to find an actor, any actor, that is tall. You don't have anyone specific in mind.

All the tenses you've learned up to now are used to talk about real, objective situations. They are all in the indicative mood.