I have been...
Good evening everybody.
An example - I met a friend today who I had not seen for a week.
Q - What have you been doing? [during the last 7 days]
A - I have been watching that new series on TV.
What is the best way to express this in Spanish?
¿Qué has estado haciendo?
He estado viendo / he estado leyendo, etcetera
I am not convinced. What do you think?
Muchas gracias
(P.S. Does this concept have a name? Progressive past or something')
3 Answers
lazarus1907 said:
In English is called present perfect continuous; in Spanish some grammars calls it "pretérito perfecto progresivo",
It's been many years since I last had occasion to read a textbook on the subject of English grammar (so the "preferred" terminology may have changed) but I would be quite happy with saying "present perfect progressive". I have no objections to "continuous" but, for me, it's "progressive" that "springs to mind".
Okay, then I will asume that it is also sounds natural.
Thanks again, Lazarus. I really appreciate it.
It looks perfect to me, including the orthography.
In English is called present perfect continuous; in Spanish some grammars calls it "pretérito perfecto progresivo", but it is not regarded as a tense by most grammars, but a special construction called periphrasis.
