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Estos días andamos haciendo una reforma pequeña en la cocina.
Meaning
These days we’ve been doing a small renovation in the kitchen.
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Breakdown of Estos días andamos haciendo una reforma pequeña en la cocina.
pequeño
small
una
a
el día
the day
en
in
Questions & Answers about Estos días andamos haciendo una reforma pequeña en la cocina.
Why does the sentence start with Estos días? Does it mean these days in the same way as English?
Yes, estos días usually means these days / lately / at the moment.
In this sentence, it gives a sense of a temporary current situation, not necessarily something happening right this second. It often suggests:
- around now
- recently
- for the time being
So Estos días andamos haciendo... is like saying:
- These days we’ve been doing...
- Lately we’ve been working on...
It is very natural in everyday Spanish.
Why is it andamos haciendo instead of just hacemos or estamos haciendo?