There have been? all 3? when are they used?

[hola]

ha estado
ha sido
ha habido

[bobjenkins]

A veces son perfectamente intercambiables, pero un español tiene que explicárnoslo

Aquí están unas informaciones para ti

http://forums.tomisimo.org/showthrea...ighlight=haber

[chileno]

Originally Posted by hola

ha estado
ha sido
ha habido

I have been = yo he estado o yo he sido

I had been = yo había/hube estado o yo había/hube sido

There have been and accident = ha habido un accidente.

[tacuba]

Originally Posted by chileno

I have been = yo he estado o yo he sido

I had been = yo había/hube estado o yo había/hube sido

There have been and accident = ha habido un accidente.

There has been an accident.

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

I may be out of imagination, but every case of "there have/has been" come to me as "ha habido".

"Ha estado" and "ha sido" need a subject, while "ha habido" can be an impersonal.


Juan ha estado enojado todo el día.
Juan has been angry the whole day.

El auto ha estado en el taller.
The car has been in the repair shop.

La fiesta ha sido en mi casa.
The party has been at my place.

El caballero ha sido muy amable.
The gentleman has been very kind.


Ha habido mucha lluvia los últimos días.
There has been a lot of rain the last days.

Ha habido mucha gente en la tienda.
There have been many people at the store.

Ha habido un tiroteo entre ladrones y policías.
There has been a shooting between burglars and policemen.

[chileno]

Originally Posted by tacuba

There has been an accident.

Right. Tell that to my fingers...

[Tomisimo]

Originally Posted by hola

ha estado
ha sido
ha habido

The difference between "ha sido" and "ha estado" is simply the difference between when to use "estar" and when to use "ser". See Ser vs Estar.

ha estado = he has been / she has been / you (formal) have been
(yo) he estado enfermo = I have been sick
(el) ha estado corriendo = He has been running
(usted) ha estado escribiendo = You have been writing

ha sido = he has been / she has been / you (formal) have been
(yo) he sido flojo = I have been lazy
(el) ha sido necio = He has been a jerk
(usted) ha sido bueno conmigo = You have been good to me

ha habido = there has been
ha habido un accidente = there has been an accident

[hola]

davidisimo is basically right. the mother verbs are estar and ser. what im noticing from the examples is that haber (the mother verb of habido) is used for/during an *occurence*