tuffy Triglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 7036 days ago 1394 posts - 1412 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, German Studies: Spanish
| Message 1 of 5 07 November 2005 at 6:43am | IP Logged |
Is this sentence correct, I heard it in a Pimsleur lesson and I want to know if I got the spelling right.
"por qué tiene que hacer así?"
Why does it have to be that way?
What does hacer mean in this sentence?
What would be the literal translation?
"has to do that way"?
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castel Diglot Newbie Colombia Joined 7000 days ago 7 posts - 7 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English
| Message 2 of 5 07 November 2005 at 8:31am | IP Logged |
I think that the correct translation is:
"Por qué tiene que ser así?"
"Why does it have to be that way?"
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castel Diglot Newbie Colombia Joined 7000 days ago 7 posts - 7 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English
| Message 3 of 5 07 November 2005 at 8:38am | IP Logged |
I am sorry... I forgot that in Spanish you have to use two question marks (opening and final). The correct spelling is the following: ¿Por qué tiene que ser así?
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tuffy Triglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 7036 days ago 1394 posts - 1412 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, German Studies: Spanish
| Message 4 of 5 07 November 2005 at 9:43am | IP Logged |
Yes Castel, that's it!
(I was already wondering why google had so few search results with my sentence (only 1) :-)
Thanks!
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dadafeig Diglot Groupie United States Joined 6988 days ago 82 posts - 83 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Dutch
| Message 5 of 5 09 November 2005 at 5:45pm | IP Logged |
Yeah if it was hacer and not ser it wouldn't make any sense
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