Hacer in time expressions
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The question was ¿Cuánto tiempo hace que ustedes se pusieron furiosos?
Would the answer to reply be ¿Hace diez minutos que nos pusimos furiosos?
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Hace cuánto tiempo que te cepillas los dientes? would it be ¿ Hace una hora que me cepillo los dientes?
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updated Oct 15, 2013
edited by rac1
posted by Blair90
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Depends of the context... would you please fill in your language profile and also translate those phrases/sentences/questions to English. Maybe that way, you will see clearly what you should be responding. Maybe, also a way to expose that teacher, too!
:-D
updated Oct 15, 2013
posted by chileno
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Off the cuff, I'd say that you use hace to mean ago in relation to time. Hace una hora, one hour ago. First sentence seems like it should read desde que, as in "since".
updated Oct 15, 2013
posted by dennywells
"desde" is usually optional..... and omitted, por ejemplo.... Hace tres años que fui a España. - PapoPaz, Oct 15, 2013
Hola PapoPaz, thanks for the tip. Hace followed by que didn't quite sound right to me, but I will always be a student :) - dennywells, Oct 15, 2013
