Breakdown of El niño haría un refugio con ramas.
el niño
the boy / the child
con
with / just by (+ -ing)
un
a, an, some
hacer
to do, to make
la rama
the branch
el refugio
the shelter
Questions & Answers about El niño haría un refugio con ramas.
Why is the verb haría instead of hacería?
In the conditional tense, most verbs simply add the ending to the full infinitive. However, hacer (to make/do) is one of the irregular verbs you are learning in this lesson. Instead of using the full infinitive, it uses the irregular stem har-. We then add the standard third-person conditional ending -ía to get haría (he would make).
I always mix up haría and hacía. What is the difference in this context?
It is very easy to confuse them because they look similar and both end in -ía! haría (with an r) uses the irregular conditional stem, meaning "would make" (a hypothetical action). hacía (with a c) is the imperfect tense, meaning "used to make" or "was making" (a past action). Always check for that r to spot the conditional.
Why is there an accent mark on the i in haría?
All conditional endings (-ía, -ías, -íamos, etc.) carry an accent mark on the i. This breaks up the vowels so they are pronounced as two separate syllables (ha-rí-a) rather than blending the i and a together into one continuous sound.
Is refugio only used for physical shelters made of things like branches?
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