I have 2 questions about "hace + (time) + que"

Question

Here are the questions.

A. Is there any difference in meaning between the following sentences? Or, which is correct?

1. Hace dos semanas que estoy en la Costa Azul.  
2. Desde hace dos semanas que estoy en la Costa Azul.

B. Which following sentence is better and clearer? Or, they both are equally good?

1. Hace siete meses que no tiene agua un jardín de infantes.
2. Un jardín de infantes hace siete meses que no tiene agua.

Answer 1

This lesson might help.

Answer 2

Which following sentence is better and clearer? Or, they both are equally good?

1. Hace siete meses que no tiene agua un jardín de infantes.
2. Un jardín de infantes hace siete meses que no tiene agua.

I would say (seeing as you are speaking of a specific case) ...

Hace siete meses que el jardín de infantes no tiene agua.

(use hace before the main verb)

or

El jardín de infantes no tiene agua desde hace 7 meses.

(use desde hace after the main verb)

Answer 3

A. They mean the same thing.

B. I think they're both fine, but for some reason I'm think you should use el instead of un.

But wait for other opinions. Colloquial stuff I'm good at, grammar not so much. LOL

Hola, Rodneyp, I have a further question for QA. Can I say "Estoy en la Costa Azul desde hace dos semanas"? And for QAS2, should I delete the word "que"? - joygogo, May 21, 2013