Continuing actions
To express that an action is still happening or that someone "keeps doing" something, use a conjugated form of continuar (to continue) or seguir (to keep on) followed by a gerund (a verb ending in -ando or -iendo).
Let's look at an example related to academic research (la investigación académica).
| The professors continue doing the academic research. | Los profesores continúan haciendo la investigación académica. |
Seguir is very commonly used in this structure. Remember that it has an e to i stem change in the present tense (yo sigo, tú sigues, él sigue...). You might use it to talk about continuing to analyze a source (la fuente) of information.
| She keeps analyzing the sources for the research. | Ella sigue analizando las fuentes para la investigación. |
Laboratories and scholarships
When working on a thesis (la tesis) or conducting an experiment (el experimento), you will likely spend time in a laboratory (el laboratorio). You might even fund your work with a scholarship (la beca).
| Are you still doing the experiment for the thesis? | ¿Seguís haciendo el experimento para la tesis? |
| We keep working in the laboratory. | Seguimos trabajando en el laboratorio. |
| The doctor keeps looking for a scholarship for the research. | La médica sigue buscando una beca para la investigación. |
Demonstrating conclusions
The goal of all this research is often to demonstrate (demostrar) your theory and write a conclusion (la conclusión).
| The student keeps trying to demonstrate the conclusion. | La estudiante sigue intentando demostrar la conclusión. |
| He keeps reading that source to write the conclusion. | Él continúa leyendo esa fuente para escribir la conclusión. |
