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El juez tiene la prueba que necesitamos.

El juez tiene la prueba que necesitamos.
The judge has the evidence that we need.
From Lesson 129:Formal irregular commands (sea, vaya, tenga)·Spanish (Latin America)

Breakdown of El juez tiene la prueba que necesitamos.

tener
to have
necesitar
to need
que
that / than
la prueba
the evidence
el juez
the judge

Questions & Answers about El juez tiene la prueba que necesitamos.

How do you make el juez plural if we are talking about multiple judges?
Words ending in -z change the z to a c before adding -es. So, el juez (the judge) becomes los jueces (the judges). This happens to maintain the correct pronunciation while following Spanish spelling rules.
I thought prueba meant "test". Why does it mean "evidence" here?
The noun prueba comes from the verb probar (to prove or to test). Depending on the context, una prueba can be a school test, a medical test, or in a legal context like this one, "proof" or "evidence".
The sentence uses que for "that". Could I use eso instead?
No, because here "that" is connecting two parts of the sentence (the evidence + we need it). When "that" is used as a connector to give more information about a noun, you must use que. You only use eso when you are pointing to a specific thing or idea, like saying "I want that" (quiero eso).
Can necesitamos also mean "we needed"?
Yes! For regular -ar verbs, the "we" form is exactly the same in both the present tense and the simple past tense. You have to rely on context to know which one it is. Since the first part of the sentence uses the present tense (tiene), it makes sense that necesitamos means "we need" here.

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