: Pepe vive en el Brasil donde aprende portugués

Question

Just want to make sure I have this correct. If you have a conjugated verb immediately preceding another verb, the 2nd verb must be an infinitive or it could be a gerund if used with certain verbs like estar (conjugated) + gerund. If however, you have a compound sentence; it is okay to have 2 conjugated verbs in the same sentence. For example: Pepe vive en el Brasil donde aprende portugués. Is the above sentence correct? Thank you. Rolest

Answer 1

Yep, you're right! In your case each verb is applying to a different object. You can even have more than two if needed:

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Answer 2

I see nothing wrong with it.

Answer 3

You can use any "action" verb before a gerund, pretty much the same as in English.

Answer 4

The sentence looks fine to me, too.