hay que conjugation?

Question

can you put hay que in other tenses? eg. ha habido que or había que.

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Answer 1

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can you put hay que in other tenses? eg. ha habido que or había que.

Yes, definitely

I will give you a few examples to illustrate:

ex 1 Va a haber que hacerlo = It will have to be done (futuro)

ex 2 Me dijo que había que entregarlo el lunes = He told (that) me it had to be handed in on Monday. (imperfecto de indicativo)

ex 3 Hubo que tirar la puerta abajo = We/they had to break the door down (perfecto de indicativo)

If you want any more examples I am sure you can use a good Spanish dictionary

All examples courtesy of Oxford English Spanish Dictionary I am using my app version but the about Oxford Spanish Dictionary still gives the Oxford University Press as source of information.

I hope this helps

Filling out the profile is not mandatory, however, proper capitalization and punctuation is. - rac1, Jan 13, 2016

okay, thank you for correcting my mistae, Rac :) - FELIZ77, Jan 13, 2016

Okay, thank you for correcting my mistae, Rac :) - FELIZ77, Jan 13, 2016

Is there a typing error in 3 ? Should it be he not we? - Mardle, Jan 13, 2016

Hubo is regardless, it would really be akin to "it was necessary to break down the door" or "the door had to be broken down". So I think the translation is loose but a possible translation. :In my opinion. :) - bosquederoble, Jan 13, 2016

I knew it was a past form of hay but thought the questioner might be confused by the translation of we - Mardle, Jan 14, 2016

Answer 2

Yes.

Well, one of the shortest answers I have ever seen on this forum/websitel ol - FELIZ77, Jan 13, 2016

Why would he answer? The question is not properly formatted, nor do we have any information from his/her profile. - rac1, Jan 13, 2016

Good answer! - annierats, Jan 13, 2016

Answer 3

thank you, that's very helpful

Answer 4

Just like in English for the verb "to have"