"tiene" is the third person singular of verb "tener" which means "to have" and indicates property. Yo tengo --> I have Tu tienes --> you have El / ella tiene --> he / she has Nosotros / nosotras tenemos --> we have Vosotros / vosotras teneis --> you have Ellos / ellas tienen --> they have El tiene muchos amigos = he has a lot of friends Z is pronounced "θ" like "th" in "think" (θink) but it is only used before "a", "o" and "u".(za, zo, zu = θa, θo, θu) "ze" and "zi" doesn´t exit. C is pronounced like "th" when it goes before "i" and "e" (ce, ci = θe, θi), and it´s pronounced like a "k" when it goes before "a", "o" and "u" (ca, co, cu = ka, ko, ku))

z and c have the same sound both like an English th in the word think, but only with some vowels (e and i) if the consonant is c. When c is followed by the vowels a o u it sounds like an English k though more soft. In some regions in Spain, maybe in others Spanish speakers countries (I am not sure about the last one) we say z and c like a s But never in ca co cu they sound always ka ko ku.

To practise the pronunciation, check this site: http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/spanish/frameset.html Tiene: The verb Have in the Simple Present.

Tiene means he, she, or it has. Also, you (formal) have. The spanish z is pronounced almost like an American 's'. The spanish c is usually pronounced like an 's' also, but in some cases can sound like an English 'k'. After seeing the post below mine I must clarify that "c" and "z" in Spain are pronounced differently than in Latin America.

"Tiene" is the "Usted" conjugated verb form of the verb "tener" which means "to have", if I remember correctly. Yo tengo Tu tienes El/Ella/Usted tiene Nosotros tenemos Vosotros ?? (we didn't cover this is my Spanish classes) Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes tienen "Z" is pronounced like the English "Z," Russian "З" and so on. "C," as much as I can remember, can be either hard (like a "k") or soft (like an "s"), but I don't remember rules for this, if there are any specific rules.