I was wondering if there was a reply to his question below:
"didn't need to (infinitive) & needn't have (past participle) are used to express the lack of necessity in the past, ..."
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This question relates to:Spanish lesson "Expressing obligation with tener que"
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Hola Nicole
I am copying here what I replied to Alex (the answer was on a different thread):
For the first one "I didn't need to have an interview" we would say:
Yo no necesitaba hacer la entrevista.
It is very straight forward in this case.
However, for the second one "I needn't have cooked dinner" we would either say:
Al final, no hacía falta hacer la cena.
or
Podía/Podría haberme ahorrado hacer la cena.
This way you get the meaning of something you did but it wasn't necessary in the end.
I hope this helps.
Inma
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I was wondering if there was a reply to his question below:
"didn't need to (infinitive) & needn't have (past participle) are used to express the lack of necessity in the past, ..."
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