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Haya vs Había vs Hube
Can anyone explain the distinctions between these words?
I've tried to look them up myself but I've gotten nothing but garbage... half of the sites I looked on say it's from the verb "hacer". |
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These look like conjugations to create the perfect tenses: haber + participle
haya + participle : 1st or 3rd person singular present perfect subjunctive haya hablado: I have spoken...but I think there needs to be some doubt or uncertainty to use the subjunctive había + participle: 1st or 3rd person singular pluperfect indicative Había hablado: I had spoken hube + participle: 1st person preterite perfect indicative(but I didn't think this form was used much anymore) hube hablado: I had spoken They may mean more than that but this is what I instantly thought of when I saw your post. Somebody please correct me if I am wrong |
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Haber is the infinitive.
Type in conj:haber in the upper left-hand corner of this site to get all the conjugations of haber. You'll find which tense or mood corresponds to the three words you listed. Haber is often used much like the helping verb have in English. Type in a verb you're familiar with and look at all the 'perfect' tenses (8-14). Each has a conjugated form of haber with the past participle of the verb you typed. EDIT: LibraryLady gave good information, as far as I could tell from my brief look. Last edited by Rusty; June 09, 2010 at 06:25 PM. |
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I can give you examples and I think that may be easier than explaining
the linguistics of it. Había una vez= once upon a time. Hubo un accidente= there was an accident Haya is the subjunctive of hay and follows the rules of the present subjuctive. Creo que haya Mcha que no lean los periodiódicos.=I think there are many people who may not read the newspapers.
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I edited my post after you read it. I didn't take the time to look up all the English names, but the Spanish ones are different. Sorry about the confusion.
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No problem. I'm just glad I haven't been learning them by the wrong names
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I know about haber and the past participles already, but my question was on those 3 forms of haber.
So había is sort of like an imperfect? Hube is the past? And haya is the subjunctive? What about hubería? Is that would have? Él hubería conducido si había(there were) más semáforos. Is that correct? |
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I don't see those forms you listed in the thread title except in the perfect tenses.
From my understanding they are conjugated differently in the tenses that aren't perfect. present subjunctive: Yo/él haga preterit indicative: yo hice él hizo imprefect indicative: yo/él hacía conditional: yo/él haría Ok, I think haya habia and hubiera are for the verb Hay Ojalá que no haya embotellamiento = I hope there won't be a traffic jam. Ojalá que hubiera piscina en el hotel = I wish there were a pool at the hotel Habia mucho gente en el parque = There were many people in the park I hope this helps. I'm starting to confuse myself Last edited by LibraryLady; June 09, 2010 at 07:56 PM. |
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"habría" = would have subjunctive past. hubiera - hubiese |
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