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Old January 17, 2010, 10:38 PM
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thanks for bringing this up laepelba!

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Good work, Lou Ann!!

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She walked around singing to herself.
Ella andaba cantando cantándose a si misma.
Or "ella andaba cantando para sí"
However: I don't know in other countries, but "andar" in México can be understood as a synonym of "estar", so one would think your sentence would mean "she was around".
"Walked" would be better understood as "caminaba" or "andaba caminando y cantándose a sí misma".

The record continued playing. It was stuck.
El disco continuaba tocando. Quedó pegado en el mismo lugar. (That one has a bonus past participle thrown in for free....)

I will keep working. I want to learn to speak Spanish.
Seguiré trabajando. Quiero aprender a hablar español.

They come bringing gifts.
Ellos vienen trayendo regalos.
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Thanks, Malila! I'm still appalled at how many "silly" mistakes I make. (No "p" in español? Ellos viene(n)?) DOH!
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