Breakdown of La empresa ha subido los sueldos; asimismo, ha contratado a diez personas.
a
personal a (marks a person object)
diez
ten
subir
to get on / to go up / to turn up (raise the level) / to pull up, to zip up
la empresa
the company
haber
to have (auxiliary)
el sueldo
the salary
contratar
to hire
la persona
the person
asimismo
likewise, also (formal)
Questions & Answers about La empresa ha subido los sueldos; asimismo, ha contratado a diez personas.
Why use subido instead of aumentado for raising salaries?
While both are perfectly correct, subir is very common in everyday Spanish in Spain when talking about prices, taxes, or salaries going up. Note that subir can act both as a verb for when something goes up on its own and for when someone raises it, as the company does here.
What exactly does asimismo mean here, and is it the same as a sí mismo?
Why is there an a before diez personas?
This is the personal a. Even though diez personas is the direct object of the verb, Spanish requires the preposition a when the direct object is a person or group of people. Giving an exact number makes the group specific enough to require it.
Why does this sentence use the present perfect (ha subido, ha contratado) instead of the simple past (subió, contrató)?
In Spain, the present perfect is heavily used for past events that feel directly connected to the present moment or that happened in an unfinished time period. Here, the company's recent actions have an ongoing impact on the current state of the business, making the present perfect the most natural choice.
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