He died 3,000 years ago...

[bleitzow]

Hi! Me again. Do these sentences say the same thing? Can someone explain the difference between the two?

Este hombre murió hace tres mil años.
Lleva muerto tres mil años.

There was a photo to go with these that showed King Tut´s coffin.

Thanks!

[Rusty]

Check out the explanation given here:
http://www.indiana.edu/~spangram/GEN...acerllevar.htm

[sosia]

Yes, they do say the same thing.
greetings

[Tomisimo]

Good link Rusty.

Este hombre murió hace tres mil años = This man died 3,000 years ago.
Tiene tres mil años de muerto = He's been dead for 3,000 years.

Lleva muerto tres mil años
Lleva tres mil años de muerto

These last two with lleva sound a bit strange to me. Especially the first one. The second's probably ok.

[Tomisimo]

Ok, thanks sosia. I typed up my post then went away from the computer for a while and you posted before me.

Thanks for the input, I wasn't sure if the second sentence was ok.

[sosia]

No tomisimo, my answer was to bleitzow question.
For your question, the first it's OK, the second's not.
"LLeva tres mil años muerto" (like the first but with another order)
greetings

[bleitzow]

What is the meaning of "lleva" in the first sentence?

Oops, got it after I read Rusty's post. Thanks!

[Jaqui]

In this context, lleva usualy means has been or have been.

[Hoagie]

Originally Posted by Jaqui

In this context, lleva usualy means has been or have been.

Could you give an example of that?

[Tomisimo]

Originally Posted by Hoagie

Could you give an example of that?

El lleva 5 años en España.
He has been in Spain for 5 years.

Llevas un año estudiando español.
You have been studying Spanish for one year.