00:00Okay, you are learning Spanish, but how long have you been studying?
00:09Hello everyone, today you will learn a super important question.
00:14How long have you been studying Spanish?
00:18How to answer it, how to use it, the variations, the errors to avoid it.
00:23Let's see it.
00:25The most common way, the most typical way is to use the verb LLEVAR.
00:33So, how long have you been studying Spanish?
00:38I have a month studying Spanish.
00:43I have a year now studying Spanish.
00:48I have a year now.
00:54I don't know how to tell you exactly how much.
00:57But I defend myself.
01:00Well, I have more than ten years studying Spanish, I think.
01:06And I'm going to be equivocating Spanish.
01:11That is the structure.
01:13We have the verb LLEVAR, LLEVO.
01:15The quantity of time, a year.
01:18And the activity, studying.
01:21That activity always goes in a gerundium.
01:25That is, that termina in ANDO or YENDO.
01:29The order can also change.
01:32We can say, I have a year studying, or I have a year studying.
01:37It depends on where you put the emphasis.
01:41What good is that it is not only with studying, but with many activities.
01:47Like, for example, living.
01:50For example, how long have you been living?
01:53Where do you come from?
01:56I was born in Mexico, but I've been living here 20 years.
01:59In Barcelona.
02:00And you live in Barcelona, right?
02:03Yes.
02:04And you've been living here a long time?
02:06Well, you do.
02:08I've been living here 8 years.
02:13I've been living here since January of this year.
02:15What do you like most about Madrid?
02:19Well, what I like most about Madrid.
02:21I've been living here all my life, so...
02:23The candidate, perfect.
02:25You can also use it to talk about your hobbies or what you do in life.
02:31Let's take a few more examples.
02:33How long have you started playing video games?
02:37Well, I've been playing since I was little.
02:38Because my father also liked it.
02:40So, it's been a pleasure.
02:44I've been living here.
02:45I've been living here for a long time.
02:46When I'm living here in català, I'm changing in castellano.
02:49And I've been changing it.
02:50But I'm changing it.
02:52How long have you been playing with you?
02:54Well, I've been starting since I was very young.
02:57I came as a hobby from my mother family.
03:01So we see that people use this word a lot of time, but it's hard to use it because the
03:11construction is very different from other languages, how can you get used to this strange language?
03:21Well, you have to practice every day and in the Easy Spanish community we offer a space
03:28where you can do exactly that. In fact, we have 3 days doing a challenge for the members, a challenge
03:38for 30 days.
03:40I recommend you come and take a look, we leave information in the description of the video because it's very
03:48emotional,
03:49the people are practicing a lot and it's very good.
03:53The second way to say how long you are studying Spanish is to use the present. It is also quite
04:01simple.
04:02It is used like this, I study Spanish from a year ago. You have to put this preposition from a
04:14year ago.
04:14Or, you can say, you can say, you have a year ago that I study Spanish.
04:21Let's see a couple of examples.
04:23And, Jose, where is he? Ah, yes. Jose is sick.
04:30He is sick since two weeks ago.
04:35He is okay.
04:37The time goes flying.
04:40It's 4 years now that I do videos with Easy Spanish.
04:45Let's see a couple of examples more of this use in a natural context.
04:51How long have you worked on this?
04:54It's going to be 3,5 years, I would say.
04:57How long have you worked on this store?
05:0114 years.
05:04In the docency, for 4 years, specifically in this institute, in Ciclos,
05:09I have 2 years ago.
05:11Before I was dedicated to other things.
05:13How long have you been working on this?
05:18For 6 years, I started the residency in medicine.
05:23I have been 6 years old and I have been done with 2 years.
05:28Finally, the most favorite way of the anglophones,
05:33because it corresponds quite literally to English,
05:38is to use the construction of the state.
05:42I have been learning Spanish during a year.
05:46However, I would avoid this form.
05:50Why?
05:51First, it can indicate that you have stopped
05:55to study if you use this form.
05:59Second, if you use this form,
06:03maybe you have the intention of putting a
06:07for a year or for a year or for a year.
06:14I have been studying for a year.
06:16Now, in Spain, it doesn't say so.
06:19But in some countries in Latin America,
06:23sometimes you can say this.
06:26I have been studying for a year or for a year or for a year.
06:38So, as a small summary, we can use the verb to use
06:42to use a year.
06:43I have been studying Spanish.
06:48I have been studying Spanish.
06:51I have been studying Spanish since a year or for a year.
06:58And I have been studying Spanish since a year.
07:01And I have been using the verb to use
07:02I have been studying Spanish during a year.
07:07But maybe not to use this form,
07:11for the reasons I have been explaining.
07:15You know how to say how much you have been studying or studying Spanish.
07:21Now it's time to write down in the comments
07:24how much you have been studying.
07:26How much you have been living where you live.
07:29Practice a phrase with us.
07:33For learning more about using this verb,
07:37I highly recommend this video that Paulina made.
07:43that talks about other uses of this verb.
07:48Very recommendable.
07:49Well, ya está.
07:51Nos vemos a la próxima.
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