Word
El juez tiene comprobado que tú plagiaste la idea.
Meaning
The judge has proven that you plagiarized the idea.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of El juez tiene comprobado que tú plagiaste la idea.
tú
you (informal singular)
tener
to have
la idea
the idea
que
that / than
Questions & Answers about El juez tiene comprobado que tú plagiaste la idea.
Why use tiene comprobado instead of the present perfect ha comprobado?
Using tener plus a past participle emphasizes the ongoing result of a completed action. While ha comprobado simply reports the past action, tiene comprobado implies that the judge has already proven it and currently holds that proof as an established fact.
How would I apply this lesson's pseudo-cleft structure to emphasize that it was the judge who proved it?
How could I use a pseudo-cleft to emphasize that you were the one who plagiarized?
You would apply the structure inside the subordinate clause to emphasize the subject of the plagiarism: El juez tiene comprobado que el que plagió la idea fuiste tú (The judge has proven that the one who plagiarized the idea was you).
Why is the pronoun tú explicitly included if Spanish usually drops subject pronouns?