Word
El viento también ha roto el cristal.
Meaning
The wind has also broken the glass.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of El viento también ha roto el cristal.
también
also, too
el viento
the wind
haber
to have (auxiliary)
romper
to break
Questions & Answers about El viento también ha roto el cristal.
Why is the word for broken roto instead of rompido?
Roto is the irregular past participle of the verb romper (to break). Instead of following the normal rule of adding -ido to an -er verb, it changes completely to end in -to. You will use roto together with the helping verb haber whenever you need to say that something has broken.
Why do we use ha instead of tiene for 'has' here?
When 'has' is used as a helping verb to form a past tense (like 'has broken'), Spanish uses the verb haber (which becomes ha for 'it'). You only use tener when 'has' means to own or possess something.
Can I put también between ha and roto, like we do in English with 'has also broken'?
No, in Spanish you can never separate the helping verb (ha) and the past participle (roto). Adverbs like también must go before ha, as shown in this sentence, or at the very end of the sentence.
Does cristal refer to a drinking glass?
No, cristal refers to the material glass, or specifically a windowpane. This sentence implies the wind blew hard and broke a window. If the wind had knocked over a drinking glass, you would use the word vaso instead.