Learn Spanish (Spain): Ella sigue analizando las fuentes para la investigación. - She keeps analyzing the sources for the research.

Ella sigue analizando las fuentes para la investigación.

She keeps analyzing the sources for the research.

Breakdown of Ella sigue analizando las fuentes para la investigación.

ella

she / her (after a preposition)

para

for / in order to (+ infinitive) / by (a deadline)

analizar

to analyze

la investigación

the research / the investigation (official inquiry)

Questions & Answers about Ella sigue analizando las fuentes para la investigación.

Why is sigue used to mean "keeps" here?

The verb seguir usually means "to follow" or "to continue." When you combine it with a gerund (a word ending in -ando or -iendo, like analizando), it creates a grammatical structure that means someone "keeps doing" or "continues doing" an action. So, sigue analizando means "keeps analyzing."

Could I use continúa instead of sigue in this sentence?

Yes, absolutely! You could say Ella continúa analizando. Both seguir and continuar work exactly the same way with a gerund to express an ongoing action. Seguir is just slightly more common in everyday spoken Spanish.

Why do we use para instead of por for "for the research"?

We use para here because it points to the purpose or destination of her action. She is analyzing the sources in order to use them for the research. If we used por, it would sound like she was analyzing them on behalf of or because of the research.

Doesn't fuentes usually mean "fountains"?

It does! Just like in English, the Spanish word fuente can refer to a literal water fountain in a park, but it is also the standard word used for a "source" of information, data, or inspiration.