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I agree, but wonder if there is a separate expression for "right now" in Polish
I think "właśnie teraz" is a good translation to "right now", but it would not fit in this sentence.
Well, firstly, if something is happening "now", you should use Present Continous, not Present Simple.
And secondly, even if there wasn't "now" at the beginning, this is one of the rare cases when Polish distinguishes between Present Simple and Present Continous. So:
to carry = nosić (Noszę kota)
to be carrying = nieść (Niosę kota)
Hi Jellei. A friendly reminder about the spelling of "Continuous". Other students are following your example of using only one "u". Compared to all the thousands of words you have written, it seems trivial. I mean no disrespect.
None taken, but I suppose other students follow my example rather in terms of Polish, and not English ;) I'll try to be more careful. But I have this little observation, that the more I write in English, the more small mistakes I make... because I feel confident, I don't think that much about what I write, and then I end up mixing 'than' and 'then' or similar ;)
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It is not true that we have to use the continuous for actions that happen "now". The continuous merely emphasises that time passing is significant for the action, making the now-ness clear in an easy way. But if I say "I sit, I stand" and carry those actions out at the same time there is no need of a tense to indicate the now-ness. Language is to aid us in life, not to exist without.
