Breakdown of Todavía no hemos comprado los vehículos. No están armados.
no
no / not
comprar
to buy
estar
to be (location/state)
haber
to have (auxiliary)
todavía
still, yet
el vehículo
the vehicle
armar
to arm
Questions & Answers about Todavía no hemos comprado los vehículos. No están armados.
Why use están here instead of son for "they are"?
Estar is used with a past participle (like armados) to describe a physical condition or state that is the result of a previous action. We are talking about the current status of the vehicles (they are not armed right now), rather than a permanent characteristic. This combination of estar + past participle is called the stative passive.
Why does the past participle armados end in -os here?
Normally, when you use a past participle in a compound tense (like hemos comprado), it always ends in -o. But when it is used with estar to describe a state, it acts just like an adjective. This means it must match the noun it describes in gender and number. Because it describes los vehículos (masculine plural), it becomes armados.
Can I separate todavía and no, or do they have to stay together?
What tense is hemos comprado and why is it used here instead of the simple past?
Hemos comprado is the present perfect tense (we have bought). In Spain, this tense is used frequently to talk about past events that feel recent or are still closely connected to the present. The word todavía (yet) is a huge hint that the time frame isn't closed, making the present perfect the most natural choice.
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