Hace placed at the beginning of a a sentence followed by a time period 'Hace + [Time] + que + [Event in the past]' is used to denote time since.
With Hace being the third-person form of "hacer" the sentence reads like 'IT has been + [Time] + since that + [Event in the past]
What's What Que Lo Que
The Que Lo Que structure is very popular in the Dominican republic where the three words together are often used as a greeting,
like "Que Pasa." However, the structure is also good for questions that compare that involve a complex subject. For example,...
Se as Impersonal
"Te" and "Me" are modifiers for adjectives and verbs in spanish for 2nd person and 1st person, but when you are referring to an
it, he or she, third person, you must use "se". For example, in "Como SE dice 'rice'" se modifices dice to give and rice makes it clear
what the object of the verb is. When you say "te gusta naranja" it is the same kind of structure.
Que as "That"
Whenever you have two consecutive verbs in a sentence and they are referring to a different person. You have to use "que"
For example, you cannot say "I want you to eat" verbatim in Spanish. In essence it is, I want that you eat.
"Quiero que comes" o "Queiro que tu come". However, if you want to say, "I want to eat", verbatim, you can just say "quiero comer"
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