He guardado cuatrocientos archivos en la nube y todavía me faltan algunos por ordenar.

I have saved four hundred files in the cloud and I still have some left to organise.

Breakdown of He guardado cuatrocientos archivos en la nube y todavía me faltan algunos por ordenar.

• yo: I
• en: in
• me: me
• y: and

Questions & Answers about He guardado cuatrocientos archivos en la nube y todavía me faltan algunos por ordenar.

Why does the sentence use he guardado instead of guardé?

In Peninsular Spanish, he guardado (the pretérito perfecto) is very commonly used for actions in the recent past or for past actions that still matter now.

So:

• He guardado cuatrocientos archivos... = I’ve saved/stored four hundred files...
• This suggests the action is connected to the present situation, because the speaker is still talking about what remains to be done: todavía me faltan algunos por ordenar.

In much of Latin America, many speakers would more naturally say guardé in the same context. But in Spain, he guardado is especially natural here.

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What exactly does me faltan mean?