¿cuántas veces has estado en Londres?

Question

Como no se puede decir: How long have you been to London? sino "How long have you been in London'". Entonces, cómo se diría: ¿cuántas veces has estado en Londres'. Me gustaría que alguien me respondiera, por favor.

Answer 1

How many times have you been in London?

How many times have you been to London?

How many times have you gone to London'

Answer 2

Las respuestas de Natasha son las mejores y más comunes en este contexto, pero en otro contexto "cuántas veces" también se puede traducir como "How often." Por ejemplo, "¿Cuántas veces vas al mercado al mes'" puede ser "How often to you go to the store a month'"

Answer 3

Las respuestas de Natasha son las mejores y más comunes en este contexto, pero en otro contexto "cuántas veces" también se puede traducir como "How often." Por ejemplo, "¿Cuántas veces vas al mercado al mes'" puede ser "How often to you go to the store a month'"

So what was the original question intended when the author wrote:
How long have you been to London?

Was it': How long have you been in London? (a span of time) or How many times have you been to London. (some number of times) or How often do you go to London (some rate-e.g. once a month)

Answer 4

How many times have you been in London?

How many times have you been to London?

How many times have you gone to London?

I don't want to start one of those long debates about what is good and bad English blah blah blah, however I really think that "How many times have you been in London'" just doesn't sound right.

For me "been" here needs to be followed by "to". Not because of any grammatical rules but simply because "in" makes the sentence sound a bit "clunky" if you know what I mean.

I am British so would welcome any other opinions, especially from Americans.

Answer 5

Robert, in this case I agree with you. Although the sentence in question is perfectly correct, and might even be used by a native speaker in certain, special contexts, the other version (with "to") is much more common. When referring to a city, we usually use "to" because travel is involved. However, with other locations, "in" could be better.

-I feel a strange sense of deja vu in this room.
-How many times have you been in this room?

In the above, "to" would sound odd because travel to the room is not really relevant, and being at the location is what is important.

Still, we might hear something like this:

-Wow, I can't believe I'm in London, actually here in the city!
-How many times have you been in London'

Answer 6

How many times have you been in London?

How many times have you been to London?

How many times have you gone to London?

I don't want to start one of those long debates about what is good and bad English blah blah blah, however I really think that "How many times have you been in London'" just doesn't sound right.

For me "been" here needs to be followed by "to". Not because of any grammatical rules but simply because "in" makes the sentence sound a bit "clunky" if you know what I mean.

I am British so would welcome any other opinions, especially from Americans.

I actually thought about that before posting, because as you point out the first one sounds a little odd -- perhaps because London is a city. However, I went ahead and posted it on the opinion that you'll sometimes hear it. More likely to occur:

How many times have you been in Missouri'

where it's an entire state in question, not just a city.

Bottom line, I agree that "been to London" sounds better.

Answer 7

Veo por los ejemplos que se ponen que se utiliza "to" cuando estás fuera del sitio. Por ejemplo, "how many times have you been to London'" (Ahora mismo no estás en Londres).
Pero, si estoy en Londres diría: how many times have you been in London'

Answer 8

Veo por los ejemplos que se ponen que se utiliza "to" cuando estás fuera del sitio. Por ejemplo, "how many times have you been to London'" (Ahora mismo no estás en Londres).

Pero, si estoy en Londres diría: how many times have you been in London?

No, no es cierto. Puede ser que ya estás en Londres cuando te preguntan "How many times have you been to London'" Recuerda que cuando el verbo "to be" se usa en tales contextos, significa "to come" o "to go." En el caso de arriba, es "to come," porque ya estás allí.

Las cosas gramaticales de que estás preguntando son bastante avanzadas, y también son difíciles explicar. Pero con práctica, las dominarás.

Answer 9

Por ejemplo, "¿Cuántas veces vas al mercado al mes'" puede ser "How often to you go to the store a [puedes quitar la <> y pone per] month'"

Answer 10

To answer the orginal question:

How long have you been to London? should be.... How long have you been COMING to London.

or

How long have you been HERE in London?

The question centres around prepositionals like de, a, con, de, en, entre, para, por, sobre, sobre, antes de, después de, frente a, etc.

whereas we add words like "here" and "stayed" or "coming" to make the sentence focused and have more meaning. We have always been taught "Say exactly what you mean", which means every sentence should mean exactly what you want to ask and not superfluous.

Answer 11

Would the use of estar imply a temporary state rather than a perminent condition'

Answer 12

Would the use of estar imply a temporary state rather than a perminent condition?

No, you might never leave London in 100 years, but you would still use estar. Ser is only used to refer to innate qualities, not states of existence somewhere.

Estoy en Londres, y estoy muy triste porque soy muy emotivo.

Answer 13

"innate" qualities make sense, most books just list "qualities". Thank you James.

Answer 14

Natasha, se entiende todo perfectamente.

Answer 15

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