Breakdown of ¿Habéis apagado el móvil?
el móvil
the mobile phone
haber
to have (auxiliary)
apagar
to turn off / to put out (a fire)
Questions & Answers about ¿Habéis apagado el móvil?
Why is habéis used here instead of another form of haber?
How do we get the word apagado from the verb apagar (to turn off)?
Apagado is the past participle of apagar. To form the regular past participle for an -ar verb, you drop the -ar ending and add -ado. Together with the helper verb habéis, it forms the Present Perfect tense: "have turned off".
Since we are talking to multiple people, why doesn't apagado become plural like apagados?
When used with the helper verb haber to form a tense like this one, the past participle never changes. It always ends in -o, regardless of who is doing the action or what object is receiving it. It would only change to match gender and number if it were being used purely as an adjective (like "a turned-off phone").
Is el móvil the standard word for a phone?
Yes, in Spain, people say el móvil (short for teléfono móvil) for a mobile phone. If you travel to Latin America, you will usually hear el celular instead.
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