I don't understand why it is ''Estoy Sentado''

Question

Hi, can someone please explain to me, why it is called: I'm Sitting --> Estoy Sentado

and not: Estoy Sentando ?

Isn't it Present Participles?

Btw. is this translated correctly then: They are sitting ---> Estan sentado

Thanks!

Answer 1

Btw. is this translated correctly then: They are sitting ---> Estan sentado

It should be "Están sentados".

I am seated .... estoy sentado.

I am sitting down (in the process of putting my pompis on a chair / seat) ... Me estoy sentando.

I love it ! "Pompis " ? - ray76, Mar 14, 2016

Answer 2

Hi,

Here, I have found a link for you.

Link

Quote from the link :

Estoy sentado* en el bar.

'Me estoy sentando' means Im actually in the process of moving my but to the chair. It's an action verb.

In English, we say 'we are sitting down' but what we really mean is that 'we are seated.' We do not mean we are getting up and having our buts touch the chair repeatedly.

Hope this helps,

--André

Answer 3

In any case, the correct form would be "Me estoy sentando" and if literaly means "I'm sitting RIGHT NOW"

If you want to say you're sitting(you have been like this for a while or something like that) you must say "Estoy Sentado" because SENTADO is an adjective made from the verb Sentar(se) "to sit"

No, it means your'e in the process of lowering your bum onto the chair, it has not yet reached the chair. - annierats, Mar 14, 2016

Well you know what I mean. For me "to sit" is that(put your butt on a chair and of course you have to be stood up first) - fernand2017, Mar 15, 2016

Answer 4

"Sentado" is the past participle of "sentar" (to seat) and it means "seated"

In Spanish we say I am seated (not sitting.) Females will say "estoy sentada.)

Me gusta mucho sus piernas.Ella se está sentando muy bien. - ray76, Mar 14, 2016

why isn't the reflexive being used? The act of sitting performs the action on the person who sits, right? besides, I always here the verb being used reflexively: me senté en este asiento. - cmusba, Mar 14, 2016

Después de que me senté, estaba sentada. "After I sat myself down, I was seated." - Daniela2041, Mar 14, 2016

After your bum has sunk into the chair you've reached the sitting position, before that , you're in the process of sitting down. - annierats, Mar 14, 2016

Answer 5

Están sentándose. They are seating, themselves.

"Sintiendo" comes from the verb "sentir" --->"to feel" - fernand2017, Mar 13, 2016

Lo siento fernand, foolish mistake. - 00cc0117, Mar 13, 2016