Vivió en Perú desde hace tres meses

Question

In the following sentence:

Vivió en Perú desde hace tres meses. (He lived in Peru for three months.)

how come desde hace tres meses = for three months

Shouldn't it be:

Vivió en Perú por tres meses

Given that we now know that the sentence is wrong altogether, may I ask where you read it? - Janice, Aug 22, 2009

Answer 1

Vivió en Perú desde hace tres meses. (He lived in Peru for three months.)

That sentence is wrong, for starters. It should be:

Vivió en Perú durante tres meses.

In many parts of Latin America is normal to use "por" instead of "durante", but in some countries the meanings are different, so I suggest "durante".

Answer 2

none of them are right...in normal conversation it would be vivio en peru tres meses...as in, "cuanto tiempo vivio en peru?" and the normal everyday answer would be "tres meses" nobody normal repeats the whole sentence.

Answer 3

Take a look at this link ...another, but similar thread desde-desde-hace-desde-que-hace