Breakdown of Estos días ando esperando a que mi tutora revise el informe.
yo
I
el día
the day
mi
my
el informe
the report
Questions & Answers about Estos días ando esperando a que mi tutora revise el informe.
What does estos días mean here? Is it literally these days?
Yes. Estos días literally means these days, and in this kind of sentence it usually means lately, at the moment, or these days in general.
So here it gives the idea of:
- lately
- these days
- for the time being
It does not mean only the specific days physically near the speaker. It often sets the time frame for a current situation.
Why does the sentence use ando esperando instead of estoy esperando?
Andar + gerund is a common Spanish structure that gives a slightly more colloquial and sometimes more wandering / ongoing / these-days feeling than estar + gerund.
So:
- Estoy esperando... = I am waiting...
- Ando esperando... = I’ve been waiting / I’m around waiting / I’m currently in the situation of waiting
In this sentence, ando esperando fits well with estos días, because both suggest a temporary ongoing situation.
In many cases, estoy esperando would also be correct, but it would sound a bit more neutral and straightforward.
Does ando still mean I walk here?