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| tuffy Triglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 7036 days ago 1394 posts - 1412 votes  Speaks: Dutch*, English, German Studies: Spanish | Message 1 of 7 12 November 2005 at 4:15pm | IP Logged | ||
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I have learned a new sentence: desde hace un año.
As often I'm interested in the literal meaning. I know that's not always possible but then I know at least that :) Doesn't "hace" mean to do, from Hacer? So would the literal translation be: since doing a year? Or isn't hace from the verb hacer? Tuffy Edited by tuffy on 12 November 2005 at 4:16pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| morprussell Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 7165 days ago 272 posts - 285 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French | Message 2 of 7 12 November 2005 at 4:48pm | IP Logged | ||
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Remember that "hacer" also means "to make". When I think about "Desde hace un año" I think "Since it makes one year".
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| tuffy Triglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 7036 days ago 1394 posts - 1412 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, German Studies: Spanish | Message 3 of 7 12 November 2005 at 4:54pm | IP Logged | ||
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Ah ok, thanks.
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| patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 7017 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map | Message 4 of 7 12 November 2005 at 5:00pm | IP Logged | ||
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The verb "hacer" can also mean "ago" when used with time, especially years.
So, you can have: "Hace tres años que se fué" = He left three years ago OR "Hace poco que ..." = A short while ago ... OR "Está perdido desde hace cinco años" = It's been lost for the last five days. etc. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| dadafeig Diglot Groupie United States Joined 6988 days ago 82 posts - 83 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Dutch | Message 5 of 7 12 November 2005 at 9:15pm | IP Logged | ||
You really give great advice. I also have a question isn't it also used in terms of weather? Like hacía frío (The weather was cold) Edited by dadafeig on 12 November 2005 at 9:16pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Sir Nigel Senior Member United States Joined 7106 days ago 1126 posts - 1102 votes 2 sounds | Message 6 of 7 13 November 2005 at 1:49am | IP Logged | ||
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Yeah, in Spanish you say "it makes cold." Same thing in French too.
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| patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 7017 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map | Message 7 of 7 13 November 2005 at 7:44am | IP Logged | ||
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NOTE: I made a slight mistake.
"Está perdido desde hace cinco años" = It's been lost for the last five years. Sorry! 1 person has voted this message useful |
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