Breakdown of ¿Hay que pagar más por el kilometraje adicional?
pagar
to pay
por
for / by / through / in (during a part of the day)
más
more; else (anything else, nobody else)
hay que
one must, it is necessary to (+ infinitive)
el kilometraje
the mileage
adicional
additional
Questions & Answers about ¿Hay que pagar más por el kilometraje adicional?
The English translation says "Do we have to...", but there is no word for "we" in the Spanish sentence. Why is that?
The phrase hay que followed by an infinitive like pagar expresses a general, impersonal obligation, meaning "one must" or "it is necessary to." Even though English naturally translates this using "we," the Spanish sentence doesn't actually specify who is paying. If you wanted to specifically single out that we have to pay, you would use the personal form tenemos que pagar.
Why do we use por instead of para in this sentence?
The word kilometraje translates to "mileage". Is the -aje ending a reliable pattern?
Yes, the Spanish suffix -aje frequently corresponds to the English suffix "-age". You can see this in other words like porcentaje (percentage) or peaje (toll/tollage). As a very useful bonus rule, almost all Spanish nouns ending in -aje are masculine, which is why it takes the masculine article el.
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