Hay Que to mean "it is necessary"
Can I use just a simple "hay que" by itself to say "it is necessary" in response to someone? or say, use it in the negative "no hay que"?
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It is necessary = Es necesario
Hay que hacerlo = It has to be done (I/You/He/She/We/They have/has to do it) Que is a conjunction, so there's hardly a reason to end a sentence with it. It would be like saying "meat and". It is a conjunction although it looks like a preposition; but prepositions qualifying verbs are a feature of English that is alien to Spanish, so "hay que" and "no hay que" only look like incomplete phases that state need or obligation -or lack thereof- for omitted actions (or the speaker was shot dead in the middle of the sentence). |
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No hay de que parece una excepción.
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In the phrase 'no hay de qué', the last word is a pronoun, not a conjunction. ;)
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I wound never have though of using qué.
I always thought no hay de que was a response to hay que darte gracias. Anyway I never use that phrase. |
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Can you translate all that to English? |
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No hay que apresurarse.
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Me thinks "hay que decirte" is out of place there or, was it "hay que darte las gracias" or "te doy las gracias"? |
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Question: ¿Hay que ir a la escuela? Long answer: Sí, hay que ir a la escuela. Short answer: Sí. Question: ¿Hay que comer golosinas? Long answer: No, no hay que comer golosinas. Short answer: No. @Poli: It's not the most common reply to "Gracias", but many people do say "No hay de qué". :) |
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