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homeworker , homeworking , homer , housework

have you done your homework?

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What is the correct way of saying "I have already done my homework" in Spanish?

I am trying to say the simple sentence below in Spanish.

I have already done my homework

Google translate gives me the translation below.

Ya hice mi tarea

My attempt is below which after putting into Google translate gives "I have already done my homework".

Ya he hecho mi tarea

Is either sentence "better" than the other? How would a native speaker say this?

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• 1 In Spain, at least in the region where I live, we use the expression "los deberes" instead of "la tarea" to translate "homework". In fact, lots of my students would frown if I ask them "¿Has hecho tu tarea?". –  Charo Commented Mar 23, 2018 at 17:50
• 2 So, using the Spanish of my region, I would translate the sentence as "Ya he hecho los deberes". –  Charo Commented Mar 23, 2018 at 17:53
• @Charo Interesting. I've never heard of "deberes" used as homework in México, and would think of chores on hearing it. –  JoL Commented Mar 24, 2018 at 16:26

6 Answers 6

Both are correct and no one is better than the other.

As a first impression I'd say that "Ya hice mi tarea" sounds more like we would say it in Colombia and the other more like they would say it in Spain.

• I see. I think I read that in Spain they tend to use haber + past particple whereas in south / central america they don't. So seems like that is true. My teacher is Colombian so think I will use ya hice in this case! thanks –  mHelpMe Commented Mar 23, 2018 at 16:03
• 1 @mHelpMe can confirm that from Mexico. –  DonQuiKong Commented Mar 23, 2018 at 20:16

As a translation, I cannot agree that both of the answers are correct.

"I have already done my homework" is in the present perfect tense, so the correct approach would be to translate it to the same tense in Spanish:

[Yo] ya he hecho mi tarea (omit the pronoun to make it sound more natural)

While the translation Ya hice mi tarea represents the same idea, it is in the past tense, and the translation to English would be:

I already did my homework

in any case:

The present perfect is used for more formal/educated speech, while the simple past tense is used for more informal language (or depending on the region).

• 3 This is the grammatically correct answer. My answer and guifa's are not literal but regional translations of the sentence meaning. +1 –  DGaleano Commented Mar 23, 2018 at 18:30
• 4 While he hecho is a direct calc of I have done , that doesn't necessarily mean that they actually express the same concept. It's like saying that the correct translation of What are you doing? is necessarily ¿Qué estás haciendo? when actually the vast majority of the time, given the difference in the aspectual systems, the most accurate and correct translation is simply ¿Qué haces? . The reverse is true as well. If someone texts me ¿Qué haces? , while What do you do? is perfectly grammatical English and a calc of the structures, it is not a correct translation. –  user0721090601 Commented Mar 23, 2018 at 19:43

Both are perfectly fine. Depending on the context, there might be a stronger preference for one or the other form.

Speaking generally, the former (with hice ) will be more used in Latin America and the latter ( he hecho ) will be preferred in Spain.

• 2 jajaja...we are in sync. –  DGaleano Commented Mar 23, 2018 at 15:58
• @guifa thanks for your answer. I can only mark one answer as correct and purely based on the fact the DGaleano has less points that you I have awarded his answer as correct, hopefully you understand –  mHelpMe Commented Mar 23, 2018 at 16:04

It is exactly the same as in English.

Ya he hecho mis deberes means "I've already done my homework."

Ya hice mis deberes means "I already did my homework."

The first is obviously grammatically correct. In both languages, the colloquial speech of the Americas tends to eliminate the perfect in favour of the preterite.

How would a native speaker say this?

I can only answer with confidence for Mexico.

First of all, "I have already done my homework" is a bit unusual in English. I have to set the scene a little bit carefully to get my imaginary preteen in the U.S. to say this sentence. Here goes.

Malcolm's grandmother, who speaks English as a second language, is in town for a visit and has been left in charge of Malcolm for the afternoon. She intercepts him on his way outside carrying a basketball: "Malcolm, please do your homework first!" Malcolm indignantly responds, "I have already done my homework!" (With his parents, he would have used a contraction -- "I've already done my homework" -- but he instinctively avoids using contractions with his grandmother.)

In Mexico at least, it is more usual in this situation to use the simple past tense than the present perfect:

¡Ya hice la tarea!

(But there are other situations where the present perfect would come in handy.)

Notice that I have not used the possessive pronoun mi . I think this must be similar to the use of the definite article in place of the possessive pronoun, as for body parts. Example: "Levanta la mano, por favor | Raise your hand, please."

The question is actually "when to use he hecho and when hice ?".

For sure there are many posts with the same question here, so I'll make a summary.

In Spain (except the north part), we use he hecho if the time when it happened is not over yet: today, THIS week, THIS month, THIS year... (and anything that happened today still uses this one)

While hice would be used if the time when it happened is already over: yesterday, last week, two weeks ago, last year, last century, and so on...

So, in short, if you've just done your homework, then it's still today → "he hecho".

If you're talking about the homework of this week, you'd also say "he hecho".

However, if you did them yesterday, you'd use "hice".

BUT, in the northern Spain AND practically all American Spanish uses always "hice". In fact, they're very unlikely to use compound forms.

Personally I don't like this because for me it implies a loss of information, but that's how it is. So... if your teacher is Colombian, then you have to choose. Neither of them can be incorrect.

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Do – Does – Did – Done

DO – DOES – DID – DONE

The word  DO  appears a lot in English.

This is because it can be a verb, as in the verb  TO DO  which can be conjugated as Do and Does in the present tense, Did in the past tense and Done as a past participle.

DO can also be an  AUXILIARY  verb in the form of Do / Does to make questions in the present tense and Did to make questions in the past tense.

Let’s look at each one in more detail. We will start with the verb TO DO.

As we have seen, the verb  TO DO  has four forms: Do / Does / Did and Done Lets look at its form in the simple present tense.  

TO DO – Present Tense

With the verb TO DO in the Present Tense… We say: I do / you do / we do / they do But we say: he does / she does / it does

Let’s look at some example sentences:

• I  do  my laundry on Saturdays.

(Do my laundry means I wash my clothes, well, I put in the washing machine)

• They  do  their chores when they arrive home.

(Chores is the housework you need to do like washing the dishes, doing the vacuuming, etc.)

• He  does  nothing all day. (That’s right… he is quite lazy, he does absolutely nothing.)
• She  does charity work when she has time. (People that do charity work are superheroes)

TO DO – Past Tense

The simple past tense of DO is  DID  for all subjects: I did / you did / we did / they did / he did / she did / it did Notice how there is only one form of the verb in the past tense…. DID .

• He  did  a magic trick. (Yes, and everyone was amazed… wooow!)
• The baby  did  a fart. (Yes, and the smell made everyone cry. How can such a cute thing produce something so rotten.)
• I  did  my homework in record time. (Yes, it only took me 5 hours instead of 10)
• She did ballet after school last year. (This year she is doing something different)

TO DO – Past Participle

The past participle of DO is  DONE . Remember that past participles are accompanied by a conjugation of the verb  TO HAVE  or  TO BE  (which means it is in the correct tense according to the subject)

In general Have + past participle is used with a perfect tense and BE + past participle is with the passive voice . Let’s look at some examples:

• I have  done  my homework.
• He has  done  a good job.

These two sentences are in the present perfect tense because they have have or has before the past participle done .

• The video will show you how it is  done .
• The report was  done  on time.

Here we used a conjugation of the verb To Be before the past participle done .

TO DO – To replace a verb

We sometimes use the verb  DO  to  replace a verb when the meaning is clear  or obvious. This replacement is more common in informal spoken English:

• Have you  done  the dishes yet?

(Here done means washed )

• I’ll  do  the kitchen if you  do  the lawns

(The first do means clean – The second do means mow )

Sometimes Do , Does , and Did are used as auxiliaries to make questions in English.

Let’s start with DO and DOES:

DO / DOES – For Questions

To make a question in the simple present tense in English we normally put the auxiliary Do or Does at the beginning of the question before the subject. After the subject is the verb in its base form which means the infinitive without TO at the beginning. Look at this affirmative sentence:

• You speak English.

How can we make this a question? We add DO at the beginning so it becomes:

• Do  you speak English?

You will see that we add  DO  at the beginning when the subject is  I ,  you ,  we  or  they .

But look at this affirmative sentence:

• He speaks Arabic.

To make this a question we say:

• Does  he speak Arabic?

You can see that we add  DOES  at the beginning when the subject is  he ,  she or  it .

Notice how the letter  S  at the end of the verb in the affirmative sentence (because it is in third person) disappears in the question. That is because the verb is in the base form of the infinitive.

NOTE: We  DON’T  use  Do  or  Does  in questions that have the verb  To Be  or  Modal Verbs  (can, must, might, should etc.)

DID – For Questions

Let’s look at the auxiliary DID.

To make a question in the Simple Past Tense in English we normally put the auxiliary DID at the beginning of the question before the subject. And just like in the present tense, After the subject is the verb in its base form which means the infinitive with TO at the beginning. Look at this affirmative sentence:

• You lived in Spain.

How can we make this a question? We add DID at the beginning so it becomes:

• Did  you live in Spain?

We use the verb form Live and NOT lived because the auxiliary DID show that the question is in the past tense.

Did is also used with He, She and It. So with this affirmative sentence:

• She lived in Japan.

To make it a question in the past tense we say:

• Did she live in Japan?

Again we use DID for questions in the past EXCEPT with To Be  and  Modal Verbs  such as  Can . Compare these questions:

• Do you speak English?
• Did you speak English?

The only difference between a question in the present tense and the past tense is the first part… DO or DID. And look at these two questions

• Does he speak Italian?
• Did he speak Italian?

The only difference between a question in the present tense and the past tense when it refers to third person (he, she, or it) is the first part… DOES or DID.

Auxiliary and Verb together

Look at this question:

• Do you do exercises every day?

Why are there two DOs in this question? The first DO is necessary because we are making a question in the simple present tense. The second DO is from the verb TO DO. You DO exercises.

What happens if instead of YOU we are asking about another person?

• Does she do exercises every day?

We use DOES because it is necessary for simple present tense questions for third person, in this case for SHE. Does she….? Again DO appears because you DO exercises. It appears as DO and not DOES because the verb needs to be in the base form of the infinitive.

Of course in the past tense you would say:

• Did you do exercises yesterday?

Did is an auxiliary which is needed to make a question. Do is from the verb To Do.

DO and DOES – For Emphasis

Sometimes  Do / Does / Did  are used in  positive sentences  to give special  emphasis that what you say is true, despite what the other person thinks. Note that when speaking, the word ( do/does/did ) is stressed.

• I  do  want to go. (We put stress on the word  DO  to emphasize that we really want to go, even if you think it is not true.)
• I  did  study for the test. (Contrary to what you may believe… yes, I studied)

Notice that  Did  is used for positive sentences in the past tense and that the main verb is in its base form.

• Yes, he  does  like broccoli. (You may be surprised but yes, he likes broccoli)
• You  do  need tickets for the event. (I am emphasizing that fact that tickets ARE needed despite what you think.)

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How do you say this in English (US)? I'm done!(with my homework)👌 I have finished!(my homework)👌 Then can I say "I have done (my homework)?" And if I say, "I'm finished" what does it mean? Does it mean everything went wrong with me?

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@laulau1 you can say “I’m done with my homework.” “I’m finished” without the context that you are finished with homework implies that something went wrong. example: “My mom found out I skipped school. I’m finishedㅠㅠ“ Although, I don’t think “I’m finished” is commonly said unless you are talking about a task or assignment.

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