Saying "I have lived in... for... years"

Question

I'm trying to say:

"I have lived in my house for 3 years"

I have two Spanish teachers which seem to disagree with each others' corrections. The first one said it would be:

"He vivido en mi casa por tres anos"

whereas the second marked that wrong and said it should be:

"He vivo en mi casa desde hace tres anos"

Neither of my teachers are actually spanish (German, and Romanian) and I was wanting an ACTUAL Spaniard to tell me what it would be (Spain Spanish, not any others preferably)

¡Gracias!

Answer 1

Hi! You can say ¨He vivido en mi casa por tres años¨ ¨he vivido en mi casa desde hace tres años¨ or ¨hace tres años que vivo en mi casa¨.

I am a learner here but I have to agree with "he vivido" for this. - pacofinkler, Sep 29, 2011

No question about it . . . ;-D - TejanoViejo, Oct 6, 2011

Answer 2

As Lorenzo points out: Llevar + cantidad de tiempo + gerund is a well known paraphrase.. Llevo diez minutos esperando el autobús. I have been waiting ten minutes for the bus. Lleva dos años trabajando en la construcción. He has been working in the building trade for two years. etc.

Answer 3

hacer in time expressions

You can also say:

Llevo 3 años viviendo en mi casa.