"Tardé unas pocas horas en hacerlo" is right as well, isn't it?

Robert K.C1Kwiziq community member

"Tardé unas pocas horas en hacerlo" is right as well, isn't it?

"Tardé unas pocas horas en hacerlo" is right as well, isn't it?

Asked 9 months ago
InmaNative Spanish expert teacher in Kwiziq

Hola Robert

Using "unas pocas horas" would change the meaning. 

What we have in the test question is:

Tardé pocas en hacerlo. 

It didn't take long to do it. [lit: I took few hours to do it.]

This means that you didn't take long, so you only took 2 or 3 hours for example, not many.

However is you say:

Tardé unas pocas en hacerlo

what you mean is "It took me a few hours" with the implication/nuance of taking a long time. 

Saludos

Inma

 

Lucio F.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

This helped - I was struggling with the same thing - the difference between pocas and unas pocas.

Thank you, Inma!

Robert K. asked:

"Tardé unas pocas horas en hacerlo" is right as well, isn't it?

"Tardé unas pocas horas en hacerlo" is right as well, isn't it?

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