Una otra pregunta sobre la gramática
Acabo de aprender las expresiones como "[estar] por [verbo]". Por ejemplo "Estoy por limpiar el piso". ¿Hay una diferencia entre esta frase y "Estoy limpiando el piso"? A mi se parecen que son los mismos...
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Oliver, check this link...
http://www.spanishdict.com/answers/235968/por-infinitive
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In the sentence ''estoy por limpiar el piso'', the flat had not been cleaned yet.
Meanwhile in the other sentence you are cleaning the flat in the moment you are saying it.
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That link also has a good set of examples of estar + por + infinitive vs. estar + para + infinitive.
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Ha! I see I'm not the only one stumped by that Rosetta Stone exercise. Thanks Dave.
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