Phrase · 📖 Life events

Me mudé a Bogotá hace cinco años.

I moved to Bogotá five years ago.

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Why every word is where it is

Me1object pronounme, to meyo · 1st sing.mudé1verbI movedmudarse · past · 1st sing.aprepositionto, atBogotánounBogotáhace2verbago (lit. it makes)hacer · present · 3rd sing.cincodeterminerfiveañosnounyearsaño · masc. · pl..

Me → mudé: reflexive
mudé → Bogotá: destination
hace → años: how long ago

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

1
mudarse a = to move (house) to; a for the destination. Preterite I: regular verbs, ser/ir, dar, ver →
2
hace + time = ago (Portuguese há), with the preterite. Time expressions: hace, desde, desde hace, hace … que →