does anybody know what this means"hasn't"?
what this means "hasn't" ?
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Bienviendo al mundo de contracciones.
He aqui un articulo que explica como formar contracciones y lo que son.
Contracciones en inglés
He los aqui algunas contracciones comunes I'm I am You're you are They're they are Wouldn't would not Aren't Are not Won't will not (note que esta contracción es irregular porque la ortagrafia de la primera parte cambia) Don''t do not Didn't did not Haven't have not
A proposito, si quieres decir "No gané"' es I did not win or I did not earn Los signifcados principales de "ganar" en inglés son to win o to earn.
In English "have" is conguated in the present tense as: I have, you (singular) have, he/she/it has, we have, you (plural) have, they have.
Hasn't = has not, the negative of "to have" in the present third person singular. The Spanish equivalent would be "no tiene".
In Spanish the verb tener is used a lot to mean "To Have". For example: Yo tengo un bolígrafo. I have a pen. If I wanted to say that I don't have a pen, just put "no" in front of tengo. Yo no tengo un bolígrafo. (Frequently the "Yo" is dropped) So if you are trying to say "hasn't" from English to Spanish, I would imagine that you would use the verb tener in the proper person and tense, with the word "no" in front of it.
This is an update based on the next answer from Margaret-Nah. It appears that you can use the verb haber (the helping verb, not the impersonal) to express hasn't. It appears you use the present tense of haber plus the past participle of the infinitive you are expressing. In the example from the site Margaret-Nah pointed you to, you will see: Lisa hasn't arrived yet. Lisa no ha llegado todavía. (ha--third person singular from haber, plus the past participle of the verb llegar, (llegado) to express hasn't.
Melipiru, we have many shortcuts in the English language and they are called contractions. I think you'll get the idea from these: I'm = I am/ You're = You are/ can't = cannot
hasn't = has not
It is a contraction for has not
