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¿Sois amigos desde enero?

¿Sois amigos desde enero?
Have you been friends since January?
From Lesson 153:Since and for (desde, desde hace)·Spanish (Spain)

Breakdown of ¿Sois amigos desde enero?

ser
to be
el amigo
the friend
enero
January
desde
since, from

Questions & Answers about ¿Sois amigos desde enero?

Why does this sentence use desde instead of desde hace?
Enero (January) is a specific starting point in time, so we use desde, which translates to 'since'. We use desde hace when talking about an amount or duration of time, like desde hace tres meses (for three months).
The English translation says 'Have you been', but sois is the present tense. Why not use a past tense?
When an action or state started in the past and is still happening right now, Spanish uses the present tense along with desde. While English uses the present perfect ('Have you been friends'), Spanish literally asks 'Are you all friends since January?'.
Who is being addressed in this sentence with the verb sois?
Sois is the vosotros form of the verb ser (to be). It is used in Spain to address a group of people informally, meaning 'you all'. The speaker is directly asking two or more people about their friendship.
Why is enero written with a lowercase 'e'?
Unlike in English, months of the year like enero, days of the week, and seasons are never capitalized in Spanish unless they happen to be the very first word of a sentence.

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