Lately we've been trying to understand that sometimes one language may have several ways of interpreting an otherwise simple sentence from other language.
Spanish's simple present tense can be translated three ways in English: simple present, present progressive, and emphatic present. For instance, "Él grita" can be correctly translated as "He yells," "He is yelling," or "He does yell."
This concept is not easy or intuitive for the young language learner, which was quite evident when I asked for the three ways "Yo muero" could be translated into English.
Hoping to hear "I die," "I am dying," and "I do die," I instead go these answers from Jadon:
1. "I am dying"
2. "I have been killed."
3. "I am gone from this world."
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