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¿Hace? o ¿He estado?


Magic-Music September 30, 2012 05:19 AM

¿Hace? o ¿He estado?
 
Hola,

Me gustaria saber qué es mejor:

Hace dos meses aprendiendo Español

o

Hé estado aprendiendo Español durante dos meses

¡Gracias para tú ayuda!

Adam

aleCcowaN September 30, 2012 06:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Magic-Music (Post 129021)
Hola,

Me gustaria saber qué es mejor:

Hace dos meses que aprendo español

o

Hé estado aprendiendo español durante dos meses

¡Gracias para tu ayuda!

Adam

Both are OK, though "que estudio español" is better than "que aprendo español", no matter it is a course or self-taught.

[language names and demonyms without capital letters in Spanish]
[tú = you / tu = your]

Rusty September 30, 2012 06:33 AM

Welcome to the forums, Adam!

In addition to the corrections already given, which I have repeated below, there are others.
Quote:

Originally Posted by Magic-Music (Post 129021)
Me gustaría saber cuál es mejor:

Hace dos meses que estudio español.

o

He estado estudiando español durante dos meses.

¡Gracias por tu ayuda!

Adam

I corrected your thread title. :)

Magic-Music September 30, 2012 11:30 AM

Gracias!

Thanks for the help guys, I've only really been learning about 6 weeks! Just starting to get to the 'OMG how complicated is this going to be?' stage!

Your answers raise a couple of new questions!

Firstly; para/por - both meaning for - is there a specific rule for which to use?

Second; I think I now understand the difference between tu and tú - but how does one tell in spoken conversation? Just through context?

Thanks again - I guess I'm going to be a regular around here!

Adam

pinosilano September 30, 2012 12:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Magic-Music (Post 129036)
Firstly; para/por - both meaning for - is there a specific rule for which to use?

Take a look here:
http://spanish.about.com/cs/grammar/a/porpara.htm

:)

Rusty September 30, 2012 04:02 PM

There's also a thread here in our forums about por/para. It's the first sticky thread in the 'Grammar' forum. (The second sticky thread should also be read. ;))

Context is key when it comes to recognizing the difference between the homonyms and tu. (There are many more.)

Magic-Music September 30, 2012 04:47 PM

Ah thanks for the very helpful thread and about.com site. I'm starting to see what I am letting myself in for :)

I've only found this site today, so I'll have a good read around now before I ask too many dumb questions!

Thanks again
Adam

Rusty September 30, 2012 05:28 PM

Glad to be of help.


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