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So in previous lessons it would say that " Nosotros hablamos" also meant we are speaking. Is this correct?
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The difference is that the Spanish tense taught in this lesson can only be used when the action is currently taking place.
For example, the english sentence "We are talking at eight tonight" could NOT be translated "Estamos hablando a las ocho esta noche" -- the action takes place in the future so the Spanish present progessive form is incorrect. But you could use "Nosotros hablamos a las ocho esta noche" since the simple present tense can look forward to near future actions.
Another example would be something like "We had a fight but we are speaking again." You couldn't use "estamos hablando" here because you are talking about "speaking" in general (you're on speaking terms again) rather than speaking at a particular moment.
Yes, it's correct. There are a couple different forms of the present that you can use.
We speak/talk = hablamos (present)
We are speaking/talking = estamos hablando (present continuous)
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hablando is the present progressive form of the verb. It means "speaking".
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Hmmm. I believe hablando is the present participle of the verb hablar (hablar = to speak, to talk; hablando = speaking, talking). If I'm correct, to form the present progressive/continous, you use estar (conjugated) + hablando.
I put "we are speaking in the classroom" and was marked wrong. On previous sentences I translated "clase" as class, and was marked wrong. Not fun if it turns into a guessing game. Reported
Is there a difference between speaking and talking in Spanish? In English, I think of the word speaking as saying something to a group. Less of a discussion and more of a solo activity before a group.
In the dictionary, both to speak and to talk is translated as hablar, and I use it for both regardless of the audience. The context usually clarifies who is being addressed. Dirigir is also use when speaking of addressing an audience and perhaps is a little more specific. For to say I use decir.
Numerous times, yet it refused to accept mine using classroom instead of class, so I reported it.
