You should have seen...

Question

How would I say "you should have seen ..." in Spanish? I guessed based on parts of the phrase that I already know, but a native speaker told me I was wrong.

Answer 1

I figured machine translations are not usually as good as human translations. From Moe's suggestion, I came up with "debes haber visto". I never would have guessed that one because I've always managed to get by without knowing how to use the word "haber".

• Good job!! You are correct!! - mountaingirl Oct 24, 2009
• The Translator came up with the same translation in all 3 of its versions as follows "usted debe haber visto". It chose "usted", you chose "tú". Curiousity, what were you originally told was wrong? - Moe Oct 24, 2009
• I know "usted" isn't wrong. I just use the "tú" form more often, so I chose that. - lisa13 Oct 27, 2009

Answer 2

If this is 'you (singular) should have seen' then:

"deberías haber visto"

• Either "debes" or "deberías" could be correct, depending on the larger context (which isn't given). - samdie Oct 25, 2009

Answer 3

What did the native speaker told you? and, why not write your guesses ? just for fun, who knows you might be right.

Answer 4

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• The Translator came up with the same translation in all 3 of its versions as follows "usted debe haber visto". It chose "usted", you chose "tú". Curiousity, what were you originally told was wrong? - Moe Oct 24, 2009

Answer 5

You're close, but you have to conjugate the verb haber in the conditional in this case:

Habría visto ....

• I wrote debias but I was wrong, I looked the Spanish verb conjugations.www.spanishverbsconjugations.org - 00769608 Oct 24, 2009
• Actually when two verbs are together only ONE is conjugated. - chaparrito Oct 24, 2009
• Oh right, this is you would have seen. - morphine Oct 24, 2009
• Thanks, chaparrito. I have never heard of that rule. - lisa13 Oct 27, 2009

Answer 6

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