What is the difference and why?Estudiaba español desde hacía 6 meces.

Question

What is the difference and why?

Estudiaba español desde hacía 6 meces.

Estudiaba español hacía 6 meces.

Estudiaba español desde 6 meces.

Answer 1

Estudiaba español desde hacía 6 meces.

Estudiaba español hacía 6 meces.

Estudiaba español desde 6 meces.

"Meces" means "you rock". "Meses" means "months".

• 1) "desde hacía 6 meses" = for the last six months (in the past)
• 2) Six months before some point in the past, we has studying Spanish (weird sentence)
• 3) It doesn't make sense, unless there is a place called "6 months".

Number 3) great comment Lazarus, hehe - Eddy, Aug 25, 2009

Thanks!!! - ToLife, Aug 25, 2009

And, by the way..."meces" - ToLife, Aug 25, 2009

Answer 2

All three statements seem strange to me but first let's correct the spelling mistake, it is meses spelt with an s and not a c. Estudiaba español suggests that at some time in the past you studied español. 1. desde hacia 6 meses= since towards 6 months, doesn't make sense. 2.hacía 6 meses,= towards 6 months. 3.desde 6 meses= since 6 months. If you are trying to say how long you have been studying, you could say: Estudio español desde hace 6 meses.or estuve estudiando español hace 6 meses. Ken. .

Answer 3

must the time adverb agree with the verb?

The past (imperfect was used, so does the adverb also have to be in the past (hacía not hace))?

desde hace

desde hacía

Answer 4

Good rule!

Does the first one mean I have been studying Spanish for 6 months, or that I studied Spanish 6 months ago?

The other two I have no idea. I was trying to get an idea from people what happens when one word or another is omitted.

Answer 5

Sound suspiciously like a homework question to me!

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