Faltar - Gemini

Question 1

Five people are missing from the list. (Literal: Five people are lacking to the list. Use 1: Something doesn’t exist where it should.)

Answer 1

Faltan cinco personas en la lista. (Use 1: Subject is plural “cinco personas” so the verb is “faltan”.)

Question 2

I am missing a fork. (Literal: To me is missing a fork. Use 5: Like ‘Gustar’, the fork is the subject.)

Answer 2

Me falta un tenedor. (Use 5: The verb is singular because “un tenedor” is singular.)

Question 3

Don’t miss the meeting tomorrow. (Literal: Don’t be absent to the meeting tomorrow. Use 2: Obligation.)

Answer 3

No faltes a la junta mañana. (Use 2: Negative command/subjunctive.)

Question 4

We are missing the ingredients for the salsa. (Literal: To us are missing the ingredients. Use 5: Like ‘Gustar’, “ingredients” is the plural subject.)

Answer 4

Nos faltan los ingredientes para la salsa. (Use 5: Plural subject requires “faltan”.)

Question 5

The boss was absent from work yesterday. (Literal: The boss lacked to the work yesterday. Use 2: Obligation.)

Answer 5

El jefe faltó al trabajo ayer. (Preterite tense for a completed past action.)

Question 6

I need a new car. (Literal: To me it makes lack a new car. Phrase: Hacer falta.)

Answer 6

Me hace falta un carro nuevo. (Phrase: ‘Hacer falta’. Very common expression for need.)

Question 7

Is anything missing? (Literal: Is something lacking? Use 1 or 5.)

Answer 7

¿Falta algo? (Simple present tense, singular subject.)

Question 8

I needed (was needing) more time to finish the exam. (Literal: To me it was making lack more time… Phrase: Hacer falta in the past.)

Answer 8

Me hacía falta más tiempo para terminar el examen. (Imperfect tense: Describes a continuous state of needing in the past.)

Question 9

It’s a lack of respect to arrive so late. (Literal: It is a lack of respect… Noun: La falta.)

Answer 9

Es una falta de respeto llegar tan tarde. (Noun: La falta meaning breach/violation.)

Question 10

He broke his promise. (Literal: He lacked to his promise. Use 4: Failure to fulfill an expectation.)

Answer 10

Él faltó a su promesa. (Preterite tense, requires the preposition a.)

Question 11

This soup is missing salt. (Literal: To this soup is lacking salt. Use 5: Improvement, like Gustar.)

Answer 11

A esta sopa le falta sal. (Use 5: The indirect object pronoun le refers to the soup.)

Question 12

I hope you don’t miss class today. (Literal: I hope that you don’t lack to class today. Use 2: Obligation.)

Answer 12

Espero que no faltes a clase hoy. (Subjunctive mood required after “Espero que”.)

Question 13

If I miss work, they don’t pay me. (Literal: If I lack to the work… Use 2: Obligation.)

Answer 13

Si falto al trabajo, no me pagan. (Present indicative “If” clause.)

Question 14

My wallet is missing from the table. (Literal: My wallet is lacking from the table. Use 3: Missing from a specific place.)

Answer 14

Mi cartera falta de la mesa. (Use 3: Requires the preposition de.)

Question 15

We are short on (lacking) personnel right now. (Literal: We are lacking of personnel. Adjective: Falto.)

Answer 15

Estamos faltos de personal ahorita. (Adjective: Falto. Agrees with ‘nosotros’ - plural/masculine.)

Question 16

Do you need money for the bus? (Literal: To you makes lack money for the bus? Phrase: Hacer falta.)

Answer 16

¿Te hace falta dinero para el camión? (In Mexico, camión is commonly used for city buses.)

Question 17

The team is lacking motivation. (Literal: The team is lacking of motivation. Adjective: Falto.)

Answer 17

El equipo está falto de motivación. (Adjective: Falto. Requires the preposition de.)

Question 18

We couldn’t go due to a lack of budget. (Literal: …for lack of budget. Noun: La falta indicating scarcity.)

Answer 18

No pudimos ir por falta de presupuesto. (Noun: La falta in the fixed phrase por falta de.)

Question 19

I missed my family a lot when I lived abroad. (Literal: I threw in lack my family… Phrase: Echar en falta.)

Answer 19

Eché mucho en falta a mi familia cuando vivía fuera. (Phrase: Echar en falta. Past tense.)

Question 20

You were missing 10 pesos to pay the bill. (Literal: To you were lacking 10 pesos… Use 5: Past situation.)

Answer 20

Te faltaban 10 pesos para pagar la cuenta. (Imperfect tense: Describing a past habitual or continuous state.)

Question 21

Only two weeks are left (missing) until Christmas. (Literal: Only lack two weeks for Christmas. Use 1: Time remaining.)

Answer 21

Sólo faltan dos semanas para Navidad. (Use 1: Faltar used for time remaining.)

Question 22

He has three absences this month. (Literal: He has three lacks this month. Noun: La falta.)

Answer 22

Tiene tres faltas este mes. (Noun: La falta referring to attendance/absence.)

Question 23

Whatever happens (Even if it rains or thunders). (Literal: Even if it lacks… Subjunctive expression.)

Answer 23

Pase lo que pase (o aunque falte lo que falte). (Subjunctive used for uncertainty.)

Question 24

The computer has a defect. (Literal: The computer has a lack. Noun: La falta.)

Answer 24

La computadora tiene una falta. (Noun: La falta meaning defect/fault.)

Question 25

It wouldn't be necessary to bring anything. (Literal: It wouldn't make lack to bring anything. Phrase: Hacer falta in the conditional.)

Answer 25

No haría falta traer nada. (Conditional tense of Hacer falta.)

Question 26

I will not miss your birthday party. (Literal: I will not lack to your birthday party. Use 2: Obligation/attendance.)

Answer 26

No faltaré a tu fiesta de cumpleaños. (Future tense.)

Question 27

I miss the tacos from Mexico. (Literal: I throw in lack the tacos... Phrase: Echar en falta.)

Answer 27

Echo en falta los tacos de México. (Phrase: Echar en falta in the present tense.)

Question 28

Don't fail to tell the truth. (Literal: Don't lack to the truth. Use 4: Moral obligation.)

Answer 28

No faltes a la verdad. (Use 4: Negative command/subjunctive.)

Question 29

We need (are short of) water in this neighborhood. (Literal: To us is lacking water... Use 5: Lacking something necessary.)

Answer 29

Nos falta agua en esta colonia. (Use 5: Colonia is the Mexican term for neighborhood.)

Question 30

There was a lack of evidence to convict him. (Literal: There was lack of evidence... Noun: La falta.)

Answer 30

Hubo falta de pruebas para condenarlo. (Preterite of haber + falta de.)