Faltar mucho
So I'm seeing this as "To be a long way off" and also "To have a lot left to do". I wonder how this usage would be for "We are a long way off from where we are supposed to be" or "We still have a lot of stuff to do before the party arrives" or "I wish I wasn't so far away (??) from my wife" or whatever. I have no idea.
I just hear it used as an expression. Someone sighs and says "falta mucho" if they are lost or something.
Example: I think it's Nos falta mucho, or me falta mucho, or te falta mucho.....or whatever. Gracias. Nos falta mucho que hacer. Nos falta mucho para llegar. Nos falta mucho que hacer antes de la llegada del partido. Deseo que no me falta tan mucho de mi esposa. No idea if these are all right but I bet the de is wrong at least.... hmmm.....Gracias.
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"Deseo que no le falta tan mucho mi esposa"
Doesn't work. Firstly change "tan mucho" to "tanto". Now you have "I hope that you are not missing (feeling the absence) of my wife." Grammatically possible but, socially, very unlikely.
Not sure how to respond to this. Essentially, I think you've got it. Some of your examples are incorrect:
No falta mucho que hacer antes de la llegada del partido. I think "queda por" is better than "falta que", here.
Deseo que no me falta tan mucho de mi esposa: This one plain doesn't make sense to me. I have no idea what you mean to say with this one.
What if I just say "me falta mucho" to mean "I have a lot to do"? Gracias.
How about "Deseo que no le falta tan mucho mi esposa"
