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Hay que tener en cuenta que no todos los estudiantes tienen computadora en casa.

We have to bear in mind that not all students have a computer at home.

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Why every word is where it is

Hay1verbit is necessaryhaber · present · 3rd sing.que1conjunctionto (hay que)tener2verbto takeinfinitiveen2prepositionintocuenta2nounaccountfem. · sing.queconjunctionthatno3adverbnottodosdetermineralltodo · masc. · pl.losdeterminertheel · masc. · pl. · definiteestudiantesnounstudentsestudiante · pl.tienenverbhavetener · present · 3rd pl.computadora4nouncomputerfem. · sing.enprepositionatcasanounhomefem. · sing..
  • Hay → tener: obj
  • estudiantes → todos: agree
  • estudiantes → los: agree
  • estudiantes → tienen: agree

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    Hay que + infinitive = one must, it is necessary to. Impersonal: no subject, always hay. Verbal periphrases I: acabar de, empezar a, volver a, hay que →
  2. 2
    Tener en cuenta = to bear in mind, take into account: a key phrase for adding a factor to an argument.
  3. 3
    No todos = not all. Portuguese says nem todos, but Spanish uses no here.
  4. 4
    Computadora is the usual word in most of Latin America (computador in Colombia and Chile); Spain says ordenador.