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Sigo sin salir de la rotonda nueva.

Sigo sin salir de la rotonda nueva.
I still haven't exited the new roundabout.
From Lesson 321:Even when (aun)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about Sigo sin salir de la rotonda nueva.

Why is it sin salir (infinitive) instead of a negative gerund like no saliendo?
When you want to say you "keep doing" something, you use seguir + gerund (like sigo conduciendo). However, to say you "keep not doing" something or "still haven't" done it, Spanish avoids negative gerunds. Instead, the grammatical rule is to use seguir sin + infinitive.
How does sigo sin salir compare to saying todavía no he salido or aún no he salido?
They mean the exact same thing ("I still haven't exited"). However, sigo sin salir emphasizes the ongoing, continuous nature of your situation—literally, "I continue without exiting." It is a highly native-sounding, everyday structure.
Since this lesson covers aun, could I say aun saliendo to express "still exiting"?
Careful! The word aun (without an accent) means "even," so a concessive clause like aun saliendo means "even exiting." To express the time-related concept of "still," you need verbs of continuation like seguir, or time adverbs like aún (with an accent) or todavía.
Why do we need the preposition de in salir de la rotonda?
In English, you can "exit a roundabout" directly. In Spanish, the verb salir functions more like "to leave" or "to go out." Whenever you specify the place you are leaving, you must connect it with the preposition de (literally, "to go out from").

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