Tienen una relación desde dos mil veinte.
They have had a relationship since two thousand and twenty.
Breakdown of Tienen una relación desde dos mil veinte.
un
a, an, some
tener
to have
dos
two
veinte
twenty
mil
one thousand
desde
since, from
la relación
the relationship
Questions & Answers about Tienen una relación desde dos mil veinte.
Why do we use desde here instead of desde hace?
desde means "since" and is used with a specific point in time, like a year (dos mil veinte), a month, or a specific day. You use desde hace when you are talking about an amount or duration of time (like "for three years" or "for two months"). Because 2020 is a fixed starting point, desde is the correct choice.
The English translation says "They have had", but Tienen just means "They have". Why don't we use a past tense?
In English, we use the present perfect ("have had") for something that started in the past and continues today. But in Spanish, if the situation is still ongoing right now, you simply use the present tense. Using the present tense Tienen combined with desde naturally translates to "They have had... since...".
Why isn't the year translated as "veinte veinte" like we say "twenty twenty" in English?
Do I need to put el before the year, like desde el dos mil veinte?
You might occasionally hear native speakers add el before a year in casual speech, but omitting it is the standard and most common rule. When a year follows prepositions like desde (since), en (in), or hasta (until), you don't need the article.
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