while being?
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If you want to say something has a certain nature, while also being something else, how would you translate the "while being" part. Is it one of those times where the verb stays in the infinitive or should you conjugate it.
"while being lively"
"mientras ser animada"
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updated Jan 1, 2011
posted by doowahdiddy
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You should conjugate it, but "mientras" (not in phrases) is only used with time references, not figuratively like in English. Maybe you should say "a la vez que" or "al tiempo que", which ironically do admit figurative uses.
updated Dec 31, 2010
posted by lazarus1907
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es asimismo
updated Jan 1, 2011
posted by lorenzo9
