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Both are examples of the gerundio. This is best translated into English as the 'present participle'. Do not confuse it with the gerund, which in English is a non-finite verbal that functions as a noun. The Spanish gerund (a non-finite verbal that acts like a noun) looks exactly like the infinitive.
The first example you gave is translated into English as the 'present progressive tense'. That is used when the action you're referring to is 'currently in process'. We English speakers have the tendency to overuse it. |
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Ok me da alivio que mis ejemplos son correctos. Me necesito acostumbrar a usar el gerundio en otros casos que "está corriendo (el presente progresivo)", y también usarlo correctamente, porque lo he visto muchas veces, por lo menos en la palabra escrita.
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For instance. Estoy haciendo tarea. I'm doing homework.
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Where are you going? What are you doing? Are we going shopping this afternoon? Is Daniel learning English at school, or on the job? All of these questions use the present indicative tense in Spanish, but these are the English equivalents. A verb is always split into two parts when asking a question. The subject goes in between the two. |
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Sure. Lee Ying was asking a question, not expressing doubt. Saying that you have a doubt in English doesn't mean you have a question. It means you have a feeling of uncertainty about something/someone, or a distrust.
The Spanish noun can be used to mean both a doubt (with the exact same meaning as the English noun) AND the question you ask to resolve the uncertainty (doubt). |
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