tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Nov 13 20:15:34 2013
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Greetings from Maltz
<div dir="ltr">On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 10:51 PM, David Holt <<a href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br>><br>> > From: <a href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</a><br>
> > I haven't worked with Spanish for too long to remember. Is Hay used for both<br>> > singular and plural and if so is there a technically more correct way to say<br>> > it?<br>><br>> "Hay" is used for both plural and singular, but is a special conjugation. It is not a normal conjugation of the verb "haber" and for other uses of that verb it is normally conjugated as "ha" in the third person singular present and "han" in the third person plural present. However, when using other tenses, the regular third person singular of that conjugation is used for both the singular and the plural ("Habrá problemas." "There will be problems.") There is no more formal or correct way to say it, though in some areas the plural form ("Habrán problemas.") is also considered acceptable.<br>
><br><br>Actually, there is a "correct" way to say it. After all, there is an <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px;line-height:19.19791603088379px">institution responsible for regulating the Spanish language.</span><br>
<br><div>The *impersonal* form of "haber" is: [verb conjugated by tense (singular number, indicative case)] + [noun] (singular or plural number, accusative case)]. And the conjugations by tense are: "hay" (present tense), "había" (imperfect past tense), "habrá" (future tense), "hubo" (perfect past tense). [cfr. Diccionario Panhispánico de Dudas (Panhispanic Dictionary of Doubts), pp. 330-331]</div>
<div><div><br></div><div>ruben</div><div><br></div></div></div>
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