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Simple and progressive forms
I am starting to be confused by the problem of
"you write letters" vs "you are writing letters"
Does Spanish provide for a separate form for this in some way (or is there another reason why the progressive form is a bad translation of the Spanish present tense)?
May 12, 2012
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As KikiJ notes, the progressive form exists, but in my (albeit limited) experience it's not used as much as we English speakers use our ~ing forms: it's much more common in Spanish to use the present form for the progressive. In other words, I agree with your implied question, Firionel: I don't think that the progressive form is a bad translation of the present tense.