"era lastima que hubiera muchas respuestas mal"

Question

Leí esta frase de recién. ¿Alguien puede ayudarme?

¿Por qué el uso de "haber"?

¿Significa "received"?

Entiendo el uso de subjuntivo, el la palabra su mismo que me confundió.

Tim

Answer 1

The phrase should be:

Fue una lástima que hubiera tantas respuestas erróneas. And it would translate as "It was a shame there were so many bad answers".

Haber is translated as either to have or there is or there are. Hence, the use of the latter in your example.

Answer 2

I would read this as "it was a shame that we had many bad answers". Depending on context, it could be reasonable to interpret it using "recieved", but in isolation I believe a form of "have" is more appropriate.