How would you say "Laura has not come to visit us for days."?

Cachoot M.B1Kwiziq community member

How would you say "Laura has not come to visit us for days."?

Why is this answer not correct? It is how i translated it in my head before checking the answers.

Laura no ha venido a visitarnos por días.

Asked 1 month ago
InmaKwiziq team memberCorrect answer

Hola Cachoot

When we express something that we have done/haven't done for a specific time, in Spanish, the most natural way to express this is by using the present tense (not the present perfect, have done...) together with "hace [time] que [verb in the present]" or "[verb in the present] + desde hace [time]:

Hace días que Laura no nos visita

Laura no nos visita desde hace días.

The desde hace structure is here in this lesson

Using the present perfect instead doesn't mean that you won't be understood but the common structure for this context is how the lesson is stating. 

Saludos cordiales

 

How would you say "Laura has not come to visit us for days."?

Why is this answer not correct? It is how i translated it in my head before checking the answers.

Laura no ha venido a visitarnos por días.

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