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Can I use the Spanish present to talk about the future? Hi everyone, I would like to know if its correct to use the present continuous in Spanish to talk about something that will happen in the future, like we can in English. For example, in English we can ask, "What are you doing tonight? Are you working?" Can I use the same structure in Spanish and ask, "¿Que estás haciendo esta noche? ¿Estás trabajando?" Does this make any sense at all? Or would I have to use the future tense instead. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
January 29, 2016
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