Breakdown of Ellos descubrieron el origen hace un mes.
un
a, an (masculine)
ellos
they
el mes
the month
descubrir
to discover
Questions & Answers about Ellos descubrieron el origen hace un mes.
Why does the sentence use hace to mean "ago"?
While hace normally means "it makes" or "it does" (from the verb hacer), in time expressions it translates to "ago". A key difference to notice is the word order: in English, "ago" goes at the end of the phrase ("a month ago"), but in Spanish, hace goes at the beginning of the time phrase (hace un mes).
Why is the verb descubrieron in the preterite (completed past) tense here?
What is the dictionary form (infinitive) of descubrieron and how is it conjugated?
How do we know origen is masculine?