She is washing them in Spanish 🇪🇸

could it also be?

Could this also be Ella está lavandolas?

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Sentence info.

The sentence “Ella las está lavando” in Spanish follows a structure that is equivalent to the English present continuous tense, which describes actions that are currently in progress.

Here’s the breakdown of the sentence:

– “Ella”: means “She”. It is the subject of the sentence.
– “las”: is a direct object pronoun meaning “them”, and it refers to feminine plural nouns that have been mentioned earlier in the conversation or are known from context.
– “está”: is the third person singular form of the verb “estar” in present tense, meaning “is”. In this construction, it’s used as an auxiliary verb.
– “lavando”: is the gerund form of “lavar,” meaning “washing”. In English, it corresponds to the “-ing” form of a verb.

The sentence structure is: [Subject] + [Direct Object Pronoun] + [“estar” conjugated] + [Gerund].

Tips to remember it:

– In Spanish, the direct object pronoun (“lo”, “la”, “los”, “las”) usually comes before the conjugated verb.
– “Estar” changes according to the subject (estoy, estás, está, estamos, estáis, están).
– The gerund form in Spanish is created by dropping the infinitive ending (-ar, -er, -ir) and adding “-ando” for -ar verbs or “-iendo” for -er/-ir verbs.

Alternate ways to say “She is washing them” in Spanish, depending on context and formality, could include:

– “Ella está lavándolas.” (Putting the pronoun at the end of the gerund, attaching it as one word.)
– “Está lavándolas ella.” (Changing the word order for emphasis on the action.)
– “Las está lavando ella.” (Changing the word order for emphasis on the subject.)
– “Está lavando esas cosas.” (Replacing “las” with “esas cosas” or another specific noun, if the items being washed are known.)
– “Está haciendo el lavado.” (A more general phrase meaning “She is doing the washing.”)

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