When do you use hacia in a sentence?

Question

WHat is it's original form and what tense is it?

Answer 1

You use hacia in a sentence when you wish to use a preposition or adverb.

Hacia - toward, about, around

Example uses of hacia

Unless of course, you are referring to hacía - note the accent, which is the yo imperfect conjugation of hacer. Don't ask me about imperfect tenses, I haven't gotten that far yet. But someone else will know.

Answer 2

Here is a very common use of "hacia" used with "volver" -- which means "turn toward"; "volver" = "to turn" or "se volvió" = "he turned himself" and "hacia" = "towards" in this context.

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• "Pablo se volvió hacia el árbol."

  (Pablo turned towards the tree.)

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"hacia" is also used with word combinations; Example:

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• "Maria saltó hacia atrás y Jaun empezó a perseguir a ella."

  (Maria jumped backwards and Jaun began to chase her.)

where:

hacia atrás = backwards (or just "back")

Also:

hacia arriba = upwards (or just "up")

hacia adelante = forwards

and so on......