Term
Answer the following:
¿Cuánto tiempo hace que juegas en ese equipo?
(How long have you been playing on that team?) |
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Definition
Hace tres años que juego allí.
(I've bene playing there for three years) |
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Answer the following:
¿Cuánto tiempo hace que esperan al entrenador?
(How long have you been waiting for the coach?) |
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Definition
Hace media hora que lo esperamos." No sé si va a venir.
("We've been waiting for him for a half hour. I don't know if he's going to come. |
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Term
Fill in the blanks regarding tiempo con hacer:
The expression of ____ plus p___ of t__e + q__ + verb in the present ind___ is used in Spanish to refer to an action that started in the past and is still going on. |
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Definition
| hace + period of time + que + verb in the present indicative |
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Fill in the blanks:
The expression h___a plus period of time plus que plus verb in the im____ is used to refer to an action that started in the past and was still going on when another action took place |
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Definition
| hacía + period of time + que + verb in the IMPERFECT |
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Term
Answer the following:
¿Cuánto tiemp hacía que el campeón estaba aquí cuando yo llegué? (How long had the champion bee here when I arrived? |
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Definition
| Hacía solamente diez minutos que estaba aquí |
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Term
Fill in the blank:
The expression h___ + period of t__ + que + verb in the p_____t is used to refer to the time elapsed since a given action took place. In this construction, hace is the equivalent to "ago" in English. |
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Definition
| hace + period of time + que + verb in the PRETERIT |
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Term
Answer the following:
¿Ese gimnasta todavía está practicando? (That gymnast is still practicing?) |
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Definition
¡Sí! ¡Y hace tres horas que empezó!
(Yes! And he started three hours ago!" |
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| ¿Cuando terminaron la carrera? (when did they finish the race?) |
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Definition
| Terminaron hace cinco minutos. (They finished five minutes ago.) |
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| In all the constructions of expressing time with hacer, if hace is placed after the verb, what must you do? |
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Definition
| Omit the word 'que'. Example: Llegó a los Estados Unidos hace un año. (He arrived in the United States a year ago |
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