Progressive constructions
Most intermediate learners of Spanish are familiar with the present progressive tense (presente progresivo), which is the most common progressive construction.
The present progressive tense is formed using the present tense of the verb ESTAR (to be) + the gerund (-ing form) of the main verb, called. If you need a reminder, this is how [...]
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Progressive constructions in Spanish
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Repeating Yourself With a Purpose
Every once in a while as you study Spanish you’ll come across a sentence construction that doesn’t make a lot of sense — and that may be difficult to figure out if you haven’t studied it before. One of them is the forma reduplicativa, the doubled verb, in a sentence such as this, taken from [...]
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French quiz: Confusing pairs
How well do you understand the difference between confusing French pairs like à/de, ces/ses, and meilleur/mieux? This automatic-scoring quiz will ask up to 100 questions on 20 different pairs of confusing French words and topics to help you pinpoint your most common mistakes.
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Ces petits riens
Il pleut (it’s raining) in New York, and all I want is to curl up with un verre de vin and …Serge. Serge Gainsbourg is un auteur-compositeur-interprète et cinéaste français: a French songwriter-composer-singer and filmmaker. I’ve mentioned him before, in a post about eating breakfast in the mornings in Paris and listening to the radio, [...]