How do you say "I am walking down the road"?

Question

I am a second year student of Spanish and need this for a school assessment. I'm not sure if I am meant to use 'abajo'/'debajo' or not because they both mean 'to physically go down (lower). What word should I use for the preposition.

Is it 'estoy caminando abajo de la calle'?

We do not do your homework for you , so make a try yourself and we can correct , but first fill out your profile so that we may better help you . - ray76, Mar 27, 2014

Él continuó abajo de la ruta primera. - jmccormacknz, Mar 27, 2014

I used to try to translate sentences into Spanish too literally, like You, until a lady from Colombia who was teaching me gave me some excellent advice: to observe how natives express their ideas in their own language and imitate them! - FELIZ77, Mar 27, 2014

Answer 1

Hola, You are taking the expression "down the road" too literally. It really doesn't mean "down" as in to go lower in this expression. "down the road" could just as easily be said "along the road". I would suggest that you go to the translator here, type in your sentence and see what you get. There will be three translations for you to choose from. Once you have decided how to say this in Spanish, post your attempt, and you will get more help, if necessary. Spanish Dict has a policy of "helping" students with their homework, but not doing their homework for them. Good luck with your Spanish course.

¡Muchas gracias Señor! - jmccormacknz, Mar 27, 2014

Generally, in giving directions in Spanish, if you tell someone to walk down that hallway, for the word "down" in Spanish you use "por". - Esteban3304, Mar 27, 2014

Por ejemplo: Él está conduciendo por la calle. - jmccormacknz, Apr 2, 2014

Answer 2

What about: Voy caminando calle abajo? Sorry, don't mean to help you with any homework, it just that I could not resist to answer.

Lol :) si a veces me cuesta tambien jaja - Kiwi-Girl, Mar 27, 2014

:) - juanmelgar, Mar 29, 2014

Answer 3

I would use the present indicative of the verb caminar or andar conjugated for the first person: Yo form, without the personal pronoun yo ( I ) followed by por then add the word for road which is derived from the verb caminar

Verb Caminar/andar + por + el + word for road (way)

Please remember that the present indicative carries the meaning of I walk or I am walking

You would not use the present progressive/continuous construction, ie: estar (conjugated) + gerund form of verb, eg, leyendo = I am reading, caminando etc... ....unless you are referring to an activity that you or someone else is actually doing at the time!

I hope this helps