Hay que means "someone has to"?
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Please tell me how "hay que" is translated to mean "someone has to" if "hay" means "there is" and "que" means "that".
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updated Nov 23, 2009
posted by lizpadjen
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It's just one of those expressions you have to learn to live with.
Tengo que estudiar = I have to study
Tienes que estudiar = you have to study
Hay que estudiar = One must study (to get good grades, to learn Spanish, etc.)
updated Nov 23, 2009
edited by --Mariana--
posted by --Mariana--
Hay que = someone should do something, tener que = someone has to do something. - rraul, Nov 23, 2009
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HI liz, welcome
Well, it really means: someone has to...but it often indicates that you have to ....jeje
I mean when a woman says to her husband:
Hay que cortar el cesped.
what she means is: YOU have to mow the grass
updated Nov 23, 2009
posted by 00494d19
La frase preferida de mi esposa - 00e657d4, Nov 23, 2009
