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Hacía tiempo


irmamar May 19, 2010 12:46 PM

Hacía tiempo
 
I'd like to know the alternatives that there are to say "hacía tiempo que...". For instance, inn this sentence:

Hacía meses que quería saber....

my book says: I had been wanting for months...

But I think that there must be another ways of saying the same (as literally as possible, please).

Thanks. :)

Perikles May 19, 2010 12:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by irmamar (Post 83177)
But I think that there must be another ways of saying the same

I don't think so. :)

irmamar May 19, 2010 12:58 PM

No? :thinking: :sad:

Thanks. :)

chileno May 19, 2010 01:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by irmamar (Post 83177)
I'd like to know the alternatives that there are to say "hacía tiempo que...". For instance, inn this sentence:

Hacía meses que quería saber....

my book says: I had been wanting for months...

But I think that there must be another ways of saying the same (as literally as possible, please).

Thanks. :)

It has been months that I wanted.

I had been wanting for months...
(Yo) he estado queriendo por meses...

Perikles May 19, 2010 01:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chileno (Post 83186)
It has been months that I wanted...

:bad::bad::bad: :yuck::yuck::yuck: :D

chileno May 19, 2010 01:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chileno (Post 83186)
It has been months since I wanted.

I had been wanting for months...
(Yo) he estado queriendo por meses...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Perikles (Post 83189)
:bad::bad::bad: :yuck::yuck::yuck: :D

Thank you Sir. :D

hermit May 19, 2010 05:21 PM

Maybe "For months I wanted to know..."

chileno May 19, 2010 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by hermit (Post 83199)
Maybe "For months I wanted to know..."

Por meses quería/quise saber... ;)

irmamar May 20, 2010 10:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hermit (Post 83199)
Maybe "For months I wanted to know..."

I wanted to know for months... / I wanted to know months ago... ? :thinking:

Perikles May 20, 2010 10:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by irmamar (Post 83225)
I wanted to know for months... / I wanted to know months ago... ? :thinking:

No good, sorry. :) (Grammatically possible, but arguably different meaning depending on context.)

irmamar May 20, 2010 10:37 AM

OK, thank you. :)


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