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If someone calls you and asks what you're doing at this very moment, you'll answer with the present progressive: Estoy cocinando. (I'm cooking.)
This tense, called el presente progresivo in Spanish, describes actions in progress right now.
The formula is simple: a conjugated form of estar plus a special verb form called the gerund (gerundio), which does the same job the -ing form does in English.
In this guide we'll cover how to build it, when to use it, and when to avoid it, because Spanish and English don't always agree on this last point.
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In this guide we'll cover how to ask for the time, how to give it, the regional differences you'll hear across the Spanish-speaking world, and how schedules use the 24-hour clock.
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Demonstratives are the words we use to point at things: this book, that car, those houses. In Spanish, they are este, ese, aquel, and their feminine, plural, and neuter forms.
They look simple, and mostly they are. But Spanish organizes them a little differently than English does, and there are a couple of classic traps: the neuter forms, the agreement rules, and the famous accent mark question. This guide covers all of it.
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Comparing things is one of the first skills you need in any language. Is this restaurant better than that one? Who is the tallest in the family? Which phone costs less?
English builds many comparisons with the endings -er and -est: taller, tallest. Spanish almost never modifies the adjective itself. Instead, it places some elements in front: más alto (taller), el más alto (the tallest).
Once you learn a handful of these formulas, you can compare anything.
Comparatives and superlatives in Spanish:
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Is it "por la mañana", "en la mañana", or "de la mañana"?
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