Hola. In this video lesson we’re going to see a phrase that’s used quite a bit in Spanish when talking about things that have been going on and continue to.

It should make more sense after watching the video (hopefully). 😉

Click here to download a printable copy of the first examples to write out your translations.

Let me know if you have any questions, comments or suggestions below.

Vocabulario:

medidas del tiempo:

• minutos – minutes
• horas – hours
• días – days
• semanas – weeks
• meses – months
• años – years

verbos:

• asistir (a) – to attend
  • asiste a la universidad – s/he attends college
• bailar – to dance
  • baila – s/he dances
• besar – to kiss
  • está besando – s/he is kissing (right now)
• comer – to eat
  • come – s/he eats
• confesar – to confess
  • confiesa – s/he confesses
• doler – to hurt
  • me duele – my ___ hurts
• dormir – to sleep
  • duermo – I sleep
• ++ duerme – s/he sleeps
• hablar – to talk, to speak
  • hablo – I speak; I talk
• hacer – to do; to make
  • hace caca – s/he poops
  • hace ejercicio – s/he exercises
  • hace la cama – s/he makes the bed
  • hace la tarea – s/he does homework
• estar – to be
  • estoy – I am [feeling / located]
  • está – s/he is / it is
  • está¡ cortado – it is cut off
  • estamos – we are [feeling / located]
  • están – they are [feeling / located]
• jugar – to play
  • están jugando – they’re playing (right now)
• llorar – to cry
  • está llorando – s/he is crying (right now)
• llover – to rain
  • llueve – it rains
• mirar – to watch
  • mira – s/he watches
• nevar – to snow
  • nieva – it snows
• querer – to want
  • quiero – I want
• sufrir – to suffer
  • sufre – s/he suffers
• tener – to have
  • tengo – I have
  • tiene – s/he has / it has
• tocar – to play [an instrument]
  • tocas – you play [an instrument]
• usar – to use
  • uso – I use
• ver – to see
  • veo – I see
• vivir – to live
  • vivimos – we live

otro:

• alrededor de – around
• bien – well
• con – with
• en – in, on, at
• enfermo – sick [male]
• mi(s) – my
• mucho – a lot
• poco – a little
• sin – without
• su(s) – his / her / their / your (formal / plural)
• te – you / to you / for you

sustantivos*

• el agua – water
• el bño – bathroom
• el béisbol – baseball
• el cáncer a la tiroides – thyroid cancer
• el cuarto – room; bedroom
• el desierto – the desert
• el puente – bridge
• el reloj – watch
• el tráfico – traffic
• la batería – drum (set)
• la boca – mouth
• la cabeza – head
• la caspa – dandruff
• la ciudad – city
• la espalda – back
• la foto – picture
• la guitarra – the guitar
• la niña – girl
• la escuela – school
• la enfermería – nursing
• la televisión – television
• un jardín de infantes – kindergarten

*el and la will translate to “the” when needed in the translation