How to Say "I am Trying to Learn Spanish"?

Question

How would you say "I am trying to learn Spanish" and "I have been trying to learn spanish"?

Answer 1

Hello, and welcome to the forum. Usually the estoy + -ando construction isn't used unless you are emphasizing the "in-progress-ness" of the action. When you say it, you're probably not actually working on the trying (reviewing grammar, whatever) right at that second, so I would suggest using the simple present tense in this case.

Answer 2

Hi and welcome to the forum,

Here is one way of saying it:

Estoy tratando de aprender español.

We are all trying to learn Spanish or English here in the forum. Hopefully, you can join in the fun.