Learn how to ask and answer the question "What are you doing?"
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| Jessi: Top 25 Spanish Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 18: What are you doing? in Spanish (In each lesson of this 25 part series, you'll master a common question for Spanish learners, and then learn how to answer it like a native. You'll learn how these key phrases work by breaking them down into each component. Then through repetition and new vocabulary, you'll expand your understanding of the question, its answers, and any variations.) |
| In this lesson, you'll learn how to respond to the common question What are you doing? In Spanish this is |
| Javier: ¿Qué estás haciendo? |
| The first word in the question is |
| Javier: qué |
| Jessi: meaning what in English. |
| Javier: (Slow, by syllable) qué |
| Jessi: Listen again and repeat. |
| Javier: qué |
| {Pause} |
| Jessi: This pattern of first introducing a word at natural speed, providing the translation, breaking it down, and then giving it again at natural speed will be repeated throughout the series. Try to speak aloud as often as possible. The next word in the question is |
| Javier: estás |
| Jessi: meaning you are. |
| Javier: (Slow, by syllable) estás |
| Jessi: Now repeat. |
| Javier: estás |
| {Pause} |
| Listen to the the first 2 words of the question and repeat. |
| Javier: qué estás |
| {pause} |
| And next |
| Javier: haciendo |
| Jessi: meaning doing. |
| Javier: (Slow, by syllable) haciendo |
| Jessi: Now repeat. |
| Javier: haciendo |
| {Pause} |
| Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| Javier: qué estás haciendo |
| {pause} |
| Jessi: (You will hear this common question again and again throughout your studies.) Master the following pattern and responses to the question What are you doing?? |
| Javier: Estoy pensando. |
| Jessi: "I'm thinking.. Again, slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| Javier: (Slow) Estoy pensando. |
| {pause} |
| Jessi: Let's break it down from the beginning. The first word: |
| Javier: solo |
| Jessi: meaning only. |
| Javier: (Slow, by syllable) solo |
| Jessi: Now repeat |
| Javier: solo |
| {Pause} |
| A: And after that |
| Javier: estoy |
| meaning am. |
| Javier: (Slow, by syllable) estoy |
| A:Now repeat. |
| Javier: estoy |
| {Pause} |
| A: And next |
| Javier: pensando |
| meaning thinking. |
| Javier: (Slow, by syllable) pensando |
| A:Now repeat. |
| Javier: pensando |
| {Pause} |
| Jessi: Listen to the speaker say, I'm thinking., and then repeat. |
| Javier: Estoy pensando. |
| {pause} |
| Jessi: To expand on the pattern, replace thinking with reading. |
| Javier: leyendo |
| Jessi: reading |
| Javier: (slow) leyendo (regular) leyendo |
| Jessi: Listen to the phrase again, this time with reading |
| Javier: Estoy leyendo. |
| Jessi: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace thinking. Say I'm reading. |
| {pause} |
| Javier: Estoy leyendo. |
| Jessi: To use a different phrase, replace reading with having a rest. |
| Javier: descansando |
| Jessi: having a rest |
| Javier: (slow) descansando (regular) descansando |
| Jessi: Listen to the phrase again, this time with having a rest |
| Javier: Estoy descansando. |
| Jessi: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace the {lang} for reading. Say I'm having a rest. |
| {pause} |
| Javier: Estoy descansando. |
| Jessi: To use a different phrase, replace having a rest with studying. |
| Javier: estudiando |
| Jessi: studying |
| Javier: (slow) estudiando (regular) estudiando |
| Jessi: Listen to the phrase again, this time with studying |
| Javier: Estoy estudiando. |
| Jessi: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace the {lang} for having a rest. Say I'm studying. |
| {pause} |
| Javier: Estoy estudiando. |
| Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you are visiting Spain and someone asks you what you're doing. You are thinking. Respond to the question. |
| Javier: ¿Qué estás haciendo? (five seconds) Estoy pensando. |
| Jessi: Now imagine you are reading Respond to the question. |
| Javier: ¿Qué estás haciendo? (five seconds) Estoy leyendo. |
| Jessi: Imagine you are having a rest. . Answer the speaker's question. |
| Javier: ¿Qué estás haciendo? (five seconds) Estoy descansando. |
| Jessi: Imagine you're studying. Respond to the question. |
| Javier: ¿Qué estás haciendo? (five seconds) Estoy estudiando. |
| Jessi: You want to ask someone what they are is doing. Ask the question |
| (5 seconds) |
| Javier: ¿Qué estás haciendo? |
| {pause} |
| Jessi: This is the end of Lesson 18 |
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