[irmamar]

Originally Posted by satchrocks

The first language I have studied outside of English is Latin; therefore, many of my ideas in trying to study Spanish are rooted in my ideas about Latin, hence the following question:

Which of the following is correct, or are both of them acceptable?

Yo caminara en el calle.
I was walking on the street.

Yo estaba caminando en el calle.
I was walking on the street.

I know it's used to construct the "progressive tense," but I was just curious as to see if such a literal translation from English worked in Spanish.

Yo estaba caminando por la calle (femenin)