Is the personal a necessary in the following sentence? Susana tiene _____ unos gatos en su patio.

The personal a usually marks a specific person who is the direct object of a verb. With tener, it is not used before the thing or animal someone has: Susana tiene unos gatos en su patio means “Susana has some cats in her yard.” Therefore, the personal a is not necessary.

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