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La chica ha terminado de comer.

La chica ha terminado de comer.

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La chica ha terminado de comer.

La chica ha terminada de comer.

I wonder which sentence is correct, a friend told me, the first is correct, it should be ha terminado.

But why ¨había cada día más gente convencida de esta nueva idea. ¨This sentence, it´s convencida ,but not convencido?

La chica había terminado / terminada de comer?

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updated Dec 18, 2012
edited by zhmelissa
posted by zhmelissa

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You may be experiencing confusion due to the adjective and the past particple looking similar.

Convencidia is an adjective that modifies the feminine now gente, and as such, must have the ´a´ ending.

La chica ha terminado (The girl has finished) is a past participle, which ends in O always, and which doesn´t normally change to match gender.

updated Dec 18, 2012
edited by rogspax
posted by rogspax
Good answer! :) - cogumela, Dec 18, 2012
Ditto, Rog. Good job! - Noetol, Dec 18, 2012
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Hi, Melissa!!

In Spanish, adjectives agree in gender and number with the noun they modify. But verbs, adverbs... do not, because they don't modify any noun. Convencida, in your example, is an adjective modifying gente. Ha terminado and había are verbs.

I'm going to bold the verbs in your sentences:

La chica ha terminado de comer. (Has finished)

Había cada día más gente convencida de esta nueva idea (There were)

updated Dec 18, 2012
posted by cogumela
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Había (estado) cada día más gente convencida de esta nueva idea.

This is a full sentence, but estado should not be used here; it doesn´t make sense.

updated Dec 18, 2012
posted by 005faa61
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Había cada día más gente estaba convencida de esta nueva idea

With this structure using "estaba," you would have to say "Había cada día más gente que estaba convencida de esta nueva idea

updated Dec 18, 2012
posted by 005faa61
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Is this the full sentence?

Había (estado) cada día más gente convencida de esta nueva idea.

updated Dec 18, 2012
posted by zhmelissa
Había means there were (it already includes to be in English). Remember haber is translated into English as to have or there is/ there are. - francobollo, Dec 18, 2012
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Can I say this?

Había cada día más gente estaba convencida de esta nueva idea

updated Dec 18, 2012
posted by zhmelissa
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So what is the full sentence then?

updated Dec 18, 2012
posted by zhmelissa
The original that you posted is a complete sentence - 005faa61, Dec 18, 2012