I would like help. "so far three police were killed"

Question

How would you say in spanish "so far three police were killed" using 3 policias fueron matados, or in a ny other way that you know.

I changed your category. This is more a vocabulary, grammar question. - 0074b507, Dec 9, 2009

Answer 1

so far three police were killed

Just an observation...

If you are seeking a better quality translation, you may want to rethink your choice of verb tense. Your sentence is the passive form of the active sentence, "So far, he/somebody killed three police." Using the phrase, "so far" makes this sentence awkward in the common past because the common past usually is used to refer to actions that have been completed in the past and have not or are not continuing at the time of writing. The use of "so far" would be better used in a sentence that uses the common present perfect because it suggests an action that began in the past but extends into the present. It would make more sense to say, "So far, he/somebody has killed three police." The passive form of this sentence would then be:

So far, three police have been killed (by him/somebody).

In your original, you have left off the agent, so the "by him/somebody" is optional.

In Spanish, I suppose that this could be said...

1). Hasta este momento tres policías han sido matados

2). Hasta ahora tres policías han sido matados

There may be a way to say it using the "passive se" as well, but if there is, I am not smart enough to figure it out.

i just wanted to know how to say "so far" and something else but i forgot. - Rey_Mysterio, Dec 9, 2009

Answer 2

Hola vicente, a ver ¿cómo murieron??

fueron asesinados??

murieron???.....

How ever you can think that they died. i jjust want to know different ways to say in every way possible. - Rey_Mysterio, Dec 9, 2009

Answer 3

hasta el momento is what our dictionary says for this kind of context.

Huh?? - 00494d19, Dec 9, 2009