Confused over 'hay' and 'hace'

Hazel W.A1Kwiziq community member

Confused over 'hay' and 'hace'

Hay and hace both seem to use nouns but they don't seem to be interchangeable. I'm puzzled as to why, for example, it's hace calor but hay humedad.

This question relates to:Spanish lesson "Using hay, está, or an impersonal verb to talk about the weather in Spanish"

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InmaNative Spanish expert teacher in Kwiziq

Hola Hazel

This lesson talks about idiomatic sentences used to describe the weather.

There is no strict rule for it I'm afraid - some use hace, some está, some hay.

We tried to give some tips so they don't get so mixed up when memorising them, but it's true that both hace and hay are followed by a noun. After that there is a bit of memorising to do. The good thing is that está is always followed by an adjective in Spanish.

Saludos

Inma

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Hazel W. asked:

Confused over 'hay' and 'hace'

Hay and hace both seem to use nouns but they don't seem to be interchangeable. I'm puzzled as to why, for example, it's hace calor but hay humedad.

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