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¡Hace ya más de dos mil años que somos griegos!

English translation: We have been Greeks for over 2,000 years.

07:42 Jan 19, 2004
Spanish to English translations [Non-PRO]
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Spanish term or phrase: ¡Hace ya más de dos mil años que somos griegos!
Last question this morning. Thanks
Nicholas Hogg
Georgia
English translation:We have been Greeks for over 2,000 years.
Explanation:
Just another alternative with different wording... good luck! hanna x.
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SpanTran
Local time: 07:43
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Summary of answers provided
5 +8We have been Greeks for over 2,000 years.
SpanTran
4 +6We've been Greeks for more than 2,000 years
CMJ_Trans (X)
5 +1It's been more than two thousand years that we are greeks!
Alex Zelkind (X)
5 +1It's now over 2,000 years that we are Greeks!
Gabriel Aramburo Siegert
5We've been Greeks for over two thousand years now.
piano
5 -2We have been Greek for already two thousand years!
Genevieve Tournebize


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
We've been Greeks for more than 2,000 years


Explanation:
Literally: it is already more than 2,000 years that we have been Greeks

CMJ_Trans (X)
Local time: 07:43
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 1342

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Berry Prinsen
1 hr
agree  mbc
4 hrs
agree  adamk
6 hrs
agree  luzba
7 hrs
agree  x-Translator (X)
8 hrs
agree  Gordana Podvezanec
1 day 4 hrs
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
It's been more than two thousand years that we are greeks!


Explanation:
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Alex Zelkind (X)
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in pair: 58

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  CMJ_Trans (X): Alex : how can you be so confident and so wrong? If you turn the sentence this way, you must use "we have been Greeks" (sic) for your verb tense. Sorry to be harsh but I owe it to the asker
58 mins
  -> Did you say "must"? :)
agree  louisajay: Yes, "must, because it's simple grammar. This sentence is not natural English at all, it's a very literal translation
9 hrs
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52 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +8
We have been Greeks for over 2,000 years.


Explanation:
Just another alternative with different wording... good luck! hanna x.

SpanTran
Local time: 07:43
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in pair: 31
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Begoña Yañez
15 mins
  -> Thanks, Begoña!
agree  mbc
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, Madeline
agree  Dominique de Izaguirre
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, Dominique
agree  x-Translator (X)
8 hrs
  -> Thanks, Stella
agree  louisajay
8 hrs
  -> Thanks, Louis
agree  Refugio: 2000 or two thousand
11 hrs
agree  nothing
1 day 2 hrs
agree  Gordana Podvezanec
1 day 4 hrs
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53 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -2
We have been Greek for already two thousand years!


Explanation:
the word ya implies the word already in English

Genevieve Tournebize
Local time: 00:43
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 9

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  CMJ_Trans (X): the meaning of "ya" is correct but the resulting sentence is not one that an English mother tongue speaker would EVER use. Sorry but in fairness to the asker, I have to say this!
6 mins
neutral  mbc: i agree with cmj
3 hrs
disagree  adamk: agree with previous comments
5 hrs
disagree  louisajay: I'm with the others - also meant to "disagree" with Alex for the same reasons but hit send too soon
8 hrs
neutral  Refugio: Unless you want to give it a New Yawk flavor and say we've been Greeks for 2000 years a'ready.
11 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
It's now over 2,000 years that we are Greeks!


Explanation:
Lo importante es el "ya"... now...
Ensaya esta y un saludo desde Medellín.

Gabriel Aramburo Siegert
Local time: 00:43
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 552

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Fanny_C
8 hrs
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21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
We've been Greeks for over two thousand years now.


Explanation:
that's all.

piano
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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