Questions & Answers about Eu ando a meditar e a fazer ioga ultimamente.
Why use ando here when the English translation says "I have been"?
In Portuguese, you don't use the verbs for "to have" for this kind of ongoing recent action. Instead, you use the verb andar (which literally means to walk) followed by a and the infinitive form of the main verb. Here, ando a meditar captures the idea of a newly started, repeating habit, translating perfectly to "I have been meditating."
Do I have to repeat the a before fazer, or could I just say ando a meditar e fazer ioga?
You should repeat the a. In European Portuguese, when you connect multiple verbs in the andar a structure, it is standard and sounds much more natural to keep the preposition a before every infinitive verb to show they both belong to the same structure.
Does the word ultimamente trigger the use of ando a?
Is ioga just a typo for yoga?
No, ioga is the correct Portuguese spelling! The language adapts the original word to match Portuguese spelling and pronunciation rules, replacing the y with an i.