Why is "ha quedado claro" always "have I made myself clear"

Question

Why is "ha quedado claro" always "have I made myself clear"

and not "he quedado claro", I know I must have asked this a time ago, but I wonder - I guess he's really saying "Has it been made clear" but that's not what this says though it's - "Has it been clear" = was it clear? which is, a bit odd, but I always hear the commander / one in charge say this. ¿Ha quedado claro?

Answer 1

At the risk of answering about another movie I haven't seen (: P) I would say your instinct about "is it clear/has it been made clear" is right on. The literal translation isn't "have I made myself clear" but the meaning seems equivalent to me.

Good answer, Mica! ;)) - territurtle, Jan 14, 2012

why thank you, miss terri! - unMica, Jan 14, 2012

Agree. - MLucie, Jan 14, 2012

Except that the focus is on the unstated subject, not the speaker. - gringojrf, Jan 14, 2012

Answer 2

¿Ha quedado esto claro?

The subject is esto , so it needs to be third person

Answer 3

¿(Te) ha quedado claro?

(You) it has left clear? or It has left you clear?

Is that clear to you? Is that clear?

Answer 4

Is it clear? = Está claro?

Ha quedado claro? = Has it been explained clearly? etc. etc.

Answer 5

Thanks to this thread the whole thing about using the third person is now becoming more clear to me, especially when Jack O put the "te" in.