{"id":6984,"date":"2013-05-24T10:32:53","date_gmt":"2013-05-24T14:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=6984"},"modified":"2013-05-24T10:32:53","modified_gmt":"2013-05-24T14:32:53","slug":"impersonal-verbal-structures-in-spanish-how-to-use-the-verbs-haber-and-hacer-properly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/impersonal-verbal-structures-in-spanish-how-to-use-the-verbs-haber-and-hacer-properly\/","title":{"rendered":"Impersonal verbal structures in Spanish: how to use the verbs “haber” and “hacer” properly"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today we are going to review the different impersonal structures we can find in Spanish with the verbs \u201chaber\u201d and \u201chacer\u201d, doing some easy exercises.
\nLet\u00b4s remember their most common uses first. The verb \u201chaber<\/strong>\u201d<\/em> is used:<\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> As an auxiliary<\/strong> verb:<\/p>\n

El jefe ha llegado tarde a la reuni\u00f3n.<\/em>
\n Mis padres han salido a cenar fuera.<\/em><\/p>\n

2.<\/strong> As an existential verb<\/strong>, used to express the English \u201cthere is-there are<\/em>\u201d structure. This is probably the most complicated use for those of you learning our language. As we can see, in English there is verb- direct object agreement. We will NEVER have \u201chaber<\/strong>\u201d in plural in Spanish, not only in present tense, but in all of them.<\/p>\n

Hay una ara\u00f1a en el sal\u00f3n.<\/em>
\n Hab\u00eda tres vecinos discutiendo.<\/em><\/p>\n

3.<\/strong> And not only with haber, but also with any verbal construction including this verb with an existential meaning<\/strong>, such as soler<\/em>, poder<\/em>, ir<\/em> o deber<\/em><\/p>\n

En mi casa sol\u00eda haber muchas macetas.<\/em><\/p>\n

The verb \u201chacer<\/strong>\u201d,<\/em> as an impersonal verb, is used in the following situations:<\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> To express a period of time<\/strong>, from past to present.<\/p>\n

Hace dos d\u00edas que no hablo con \u00e9l.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

2.<\/strong>To talk about weather<\/strong>, and temperature<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Hoy hace fr\u00edo.<\/em><\/p>\n

And now, I\u2019d like you to read all these sentences, and decide whether they are correct or not, and why.<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. En mi casa podr\u00e1n haber varios gatos.<\/li>\n
  2. Hasta ayer hab\u00eda dudas sobre el tema.<\/li>\n
  3. \u00bfHabr\u00e1n llegado ya los ni\u00f1os?<\/li>\n
  4. En la oficina hubieron problemas.<\/li>\n
  5. Esta noche han hecho dos grados bajo cero.<\/li>\n
  6. Siguen habiendo alumnos que suspenden.<\/li>\n
  7. \u00a1Ojal\u00e1 hubiera m\u00e1s vacaciones!<\/li>\n
  8. Hacen a\u00f1os que no la veo.<\/li>\n
  9. En la\u00a0 calle hab\u00edan dos coches.<\/li>\n
  10. Hab\u00eda muchos j\u00f3venes en la fiesta.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Today we are going to review the different impersonal structures we can find in Spanish with the verbs \u201chaber\u201d and \u201chacer\u201d, doing some easy exercises. Let\u00b4s remember their most common uses first. The verb \u201chaber\u201d is used: 1. As an auxiliary verb: El jefe ha llegado tarde a la reuni\u00f3n. Mis padres han salido a…<\/p>\n

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