why are "they are always eating chocolate" "Ellos siempre están comiendo chocolato", and not "Ellos siempre está comiendo chocolato"?
Grammar about está and están
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KlaraKwiziq community member
Grammar about está and están
This question relates to:Spanish lesson "Forming the present progressive/continuous in Spanish with estar + present participle (El Presente Progresivo)"
Asked 1 month ago
Hola Klara
This is because "ellos" is "they" (plural), so you need the verb in conjugated in the plural for the "ellos" form:
yo estoy
tú estás
él, ella, usted está
nosotros estamos
vosotros estáis
ellos están
Saludos
Inma
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