{"id":53026,"date":"2021-09-21T10:00:35","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T09:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/?p=53026"},"modified":"2023-12-14T15:50:25","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T14:50:25","slug":"spanish-verb-hay-que-one-has-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/blog\/spanish-verb-hay-que-one-has-to\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanish verb Hay que (One has to): Spanish Lesson 51"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this topic we are going to learn how to use the Spanish verb Hay que<\/strong> (One has to). In our two previous topics we learned similar verbs: Tener Que (To have to)<\/a> and Deber (Must)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Spanish verb Hay que<\/strong> is less commonly used than Deber or Tener que, but you will still hear it a lot and it is a very useful verb to learn. As with Deber and Tener que, Hay que is used to express obligation and responsibility and is even easier to use!<\/p>\n

The main difference between Hay que and Deber and Tener que is that we use Hay que when there is no clear subject (person doing the action), when the action can apply to anyone. Hay que is used to express a general, impersonal ideal that it is necessary to do something.<\/p>\n

Spanish verb Hay que (One has to)<\/h2>\n

Because Hay que applies in general to anyone and has no subject, we do not conjugate this verb for all persons as we have with Deber and Tener que. It is therefore extremely easy to use!<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how to use Hay que (One has to):<\/p>\n

Hay que + infinitivo: One has to + infinitive<\/p>\n

\"Spanish<\/p>\n

Example sentences with the Spanish verb Hay que:<\/h2>\n

Hay que probar la paella: One has to try the paella
\nHay que visitar Galicia: One has to visit Galicia
\nHay que reciclar: One has to recycle
\nHay que comer un poco de todo: One has to eat a bit of everything
\nHay que beber ocho vasos de agua al d\u00eda: One has to drink eight glasses of water a day
\nHay que lavarse los dientes tres veces al d\u00eda: One has to brush ones teeth three times a day
\nHay que ser generoso: One has to be generous
\nHay que decir \u201cpor favor\u201d y \u201cgracias\u201d: One has to say \u201cplease\u201d and \u201cthank you\u201d<\/p>\n

Example conversation using Hay que<\/h2>\n

Next let\u2019s see a typical conversation in Spanish using Hay que:<\/p>\n

Hola Felipe. \u00bfTodav\u00eda compras botellas de agua de pl\u00e1stico?: Hi Felipe. Do you still buy plastic bottles of water?
\nHola Carlos. S\u00ed, hay que beber agua. Voy a entrenar ahora en el gimnasio. Mi entrenador me dice que hay que beber cuatro litros de agua al d\u00eda: Hi Carlos. Yes, one has to drink water. I am going to train now in the gym. My trainer tells me that one has to drink four litres of water a day.
\n\u00bfPero hay que beber cuatro litros de agua al d\u00eda? Me parece mucho. Pero estoy de acuerdo en que hay que beber agua. Lo que no me parece bien es beber agua de botella de pl\u00e1stico: But one has to drink four litres of water a day? It seems a lot to me. But I agree that one has to drink water. What I don\u2019t agree with is drinking water from a plastic bottle.
\n\u00bfQu\u00e9 le pasa a mi botella? What is wrong with my bottle?
\n\u00bfNo lo sabes? \u00a1No hay que comprar cosas de pl\u00e1stico!: Don\u2019t you know? One mustn\u2019t buy things made of plastic!
\n\u00a1Qu\u00e9 dices! Casi todas las cosas son de pl\u00e1stico hoy en d\u00eda: What are you talking about! Nearly everything is made of plastic these days.
\nYa lo s\u00e9. Pero est\u00e1 mal. Hacemos muchas cosas cada d\u00eda que no hay que hacer: I know it. But it\u2019s wrong. We do many things every day that one shouldn\u2019t do.
\n\u00bfQu\u00e9 hay que hacer entonces? What should one do then?
\n\u00bfCon el agua? With the water?
\nS\u00ed, con mi agua. Necesito beber agua: Yes, with my water. I need to drink water.
\nLleva tu agua en una botella de cristal o de metal: Take your water in a glass or metal bottle.
\nNo tengo tiempo para estar pensando en eso: I don\u2019t have time to be thinking about that.
\nNuestra tierra y nuestros mares est\u00e1n llenos de pl\u00e1stico. Hay que dejar de usar pl\u00e1stico: Our land and seas are full of plastic. One has to stop using plastic.
\nNo hay que preocuparse tanto: One doesn\u2019t have to worry so much.<\/p>\n

We hope you found this lesson useful. Hay que is another very handy Spanish verb to learn. As you have seen, it is incredibly simple to use. We just have to know lots of Spanish verbs in infinitive. Hopefully by now you will be building a good repertoire of Spanish verbs.<\/p>\n

However, if you feel like you are lacking verbs, we strongly recommend working on building your vocabulary by trying to learn five new verbs every day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In this topic we are going to learn how to use the Spanish verb Hay que (One has to). In our two previous topics we learned similar verbs: Tener Que (To have to) and Deber (Must). The Spanish verb Hay que is less commonly used than Deber or Tener que, but you will still hear […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":53040,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2053],"tags":[1505,1516,1648,1652],"class_list":["post-53026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spanish-lessons","tag-intermediate-spanish-lessons","tag-learn-spanish","tag-spanish-language","tag-spanish-language-learning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53026"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53045,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53026\/revisions\/53045"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}