Breakdown of Tengo la impresión de que la entrevista ha ido bien.
de
of
bien
well / fine
tener
to have
ir
to go
que
that (relative pronoun, conjunction)
haber
to have (auxiliary)
la entrevista
the interview
la impresión
the impression
Questions & Answers about Tengo la impresión de que la entrevista ha ido bien.
Why is it de que and not just que?
In Spanish, the noun impresión connects to a following idea using the preposition de. If you replace the second half of the sentence with 'something', you get tengo la impresión de algo (I have the impression of something). When that 'something' is a full phrase with a verb, the de stays and joins with que to make de que.
Why use ha ido (has gone) instead of the simple past fue (went)?
In Spain, the present perfect (ha ido) is strongly preferred for events that happened very recently or in an unfinished time period (like 'today' or 'this morning'). The speaker has likely just walked out of the interview, so it feels very connected to the present moment.
Is ido the past participle of ir (to go) or ser (to be)?
It is from ir. While ir and ser share the exact same simple past tense forms (like fue), their past participles are different. The past participle for ir is ido, and for ser it is sido. We use ir here because we are talking about how the event 'went'.
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