¿Hace? o ¿He estado?

[Magic-Music]

Hola,

Me gustaria saber qué es mejor:

Hace dos meses aprendiendo Español

o

Hé estado aprendiendo Español durante dos meses

¡Gracias para tú ayuda!

Adam

[aleCcowaN]

Hola,

Me gustaria saber qué es mejor:

Hace dos meses que aprendo español

o

Hé estado aprendiendo español durante dos meses

¡Gracias para tu ayuda!

Adam

Both are OK, though "que estudio español" is better than "que aprendo español", no matter it is a course or self-taught.

[language names and demonyms without capital letters in Spanish]
[tú = you / tu = your]

[Rusty]

Welcome to the forums, Adam!

In addition to the corrections already given, which I have repeated below, there are others.
Me gustaría saber cuál es mejor:

Hace dos meses que estudio español.

o

He estado estudiando español durante dos meses.

¡Gracias por tu ayuda!

Adam
I corrected your thread title. :)

[Magic-Music]

Gracias!

Thanks for the help guys, I've only really been learning about 6 weeks! Just starting to get to the 'OMG how complicated is this going to be?' stage!

Your answers raise a couple of new questions!

Firstly; para/por - both meaning for - is there a specific rule for which to use?

Second; I think I now understand the difference between tu and tú - but how does one tell in spoken conversation? Just through context?

Thanks again - I guess I'm going to be a regular around here!

Adam

[pinosilano]

Firstly; para/por - both meaning for - is there a specific rule for which to use?


Take a look here:
http://spanish.about.com/cs/grammar/a/porpara.htm

:)

[Rusty]

There's also a thread here in our forums about por/para (http://forums.tomisimo.org/showthread.php?t=4438). It's the first sticky thread in the 'Grammar' forum. (The second sticky thread should also be read. ;))

Context is key when it comes to recognizing the difference between the homonyms tú and tu. (There are many more.)

[Magic-Music]

Ah thanks for the very helpful thread and about.com site. I'm starting to see what I am letting myself in for :)

I've only found this site today, so I'll have a good read around now before I ask too many dumb questions!

Thanks again
Adam

[Rusty]

Glad to be of help.