Breakdown of Hoy la gala ha sido emitida por televisión.
ser
to be
hoy
today
la televisión
the television
por
for / by / through / in (during a part of the day)
haber
to have (auxiliary)
la gala
the gala
emitir
to broadcast
Questions & Answers about Hoy la gala ha sido emitida por televisión.
Why does the participle end in "-a" in emitida?
In the analytical passive voice, the past participle behaves like an adjective and must agree with the subject in gender and number. Because the subject here is la gala (feminine, singular), the participle of emitir changes to emitida.
How is the passive voice built here to mean "has been broadcast"?
You form the passive voice with the verb ser (to be) plus a past participle. To say "has been", you just put ser into the present perfect tense, which gives us ha sido. Then you add the participle of the action verb, resulting in ha sido emitida.
The lesson says por introduces the agent who does the action. Is the television the agent here?
Why do we use ha sido (has been) here instead of fue (was)?
In Spanish from Spain, the present perfect tense (ha sido) is used for events that happen in a time period that isn't over yet. The word Hoy (today) sets up an unfinished time frame, so we use ha sido emitida rather than the preterite fue emitida.
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