Help with my final.

Question

I'm doing an oral final for Sp102 and I need to ask this question? What have you been doing the last 3 years?

Answer 1

What have you been doing the last 3 years?

"¿Qué has hecho durante los últimos tres años?" In Spanish continuous/progressive is used much less than in English.

That would be "¿Qué has estado haciendo en los últimos 3 años?" - ian-hill, Mar 17, 2013

In English the continuous is used almost as if it is preferred. :) - ian-hill, Mar 17, 2013

Ian, to use continous for a 3-year period sounds strange in Spanish. Remember we use it at the exact time the action takes place :-) - 005faa61, Mar 17, 2013

Answer 2

Welcome to the forum. Please complete your profile so we can more readily offer meaningful responses. I am not very advanced at Spanish and others are capable of giving you a more accurate answer but I think you would ask someting like "¿Qué hiciste (informally or hizo more formally) durante tres años hasta ahora?" I also have an oral coming up next week in SPAN 201. I will be answering questions about the movie "Volver" and anticipate being asked "Cómo es Raimunda (Penëlope Cruz)" I am looking for a colloquial but not vulgar or coarse way to include that she is, as we would say in colloquial American English, built or hot.

You can say "Penélope Cruz está re buena" - 005faa61, Mar 17, 2013

Gracias, Julian - kirk1, Mar 18, 2013