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Present Perfect Progressive vs. venir + gerund

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¿Cuál es mejor usar: present perfect progressive o venir + gerund. Solo he terminado de ver la diccionario y vi los usos de 'venir' y vi que puede usarse como the present perfect progressive? ¿Saben ustedes cuál es mejor?

¿Cuál se usa con más frecuencia ?

así es: Vengo estudiando español. o He estado estudiando español.

(así siempre, corrige los erros de gramática por favor) ¡muchas gracias!

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updated Nov 29, 2011
edited by Himself12794
posted by Himself12794
I think you would say: ¿Cuál es mejor usar....................................?: - FELIZ77, Nov 29, 2011
gracias - Himself12794, Nov 29, 2011

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I think this answers your question, but it concerns venir+gerundio vs present perfect progressive (has been...ing); not past perfect (had been....ing)

[so does your example sentence]

he estado estudiando=present perfect progressive

había estado estudiando=past perfect progressive

updated Nov 29, 2011
edited by 0074b507
posted by 0074b507
that's what I meant, I accidently put 'past'. I meant present. - Himself12794, Nov 29, 2011
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I wouldn't say either is better than the other, just different. "Vengo/voy estudiando" implies, at least to me, a sense of continuing action that hasn't stopped yet. "He estado estudiando" says, to me, more like "I have been studying, but I'm not right now."

updated Nov 29, 2011
posted by unMica
I accidently put 'past'. I meant present. - Himself12794, Nov 29, 2011