🍅 A Robber's Confession [Day 2]

Your brain is already starting to internalize yesterday's phrase.

Today we remove a few words and let your memory fill the gaps.

This is how fluency actually builds – through active recall, not passive reading.

In today's email…

• 📱 Day 2: Fill in the Professor's plan

• 🌟 Why Spanish verbs work differently than English

• 🏃‍♂️ The magic of "llevo + gerund"

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MEMORIZE 🧠

Yo llevo pensando en ____... mucho más ______. Para no ______ a trabajar en mi ____. Ni vosotros... ni _______ hijos. Bien.

As always, the answer key and audio are at the bottom of this email.

PATTERN RECOGNITION 🍅

See that "llevo pensando"?

English doesn't have this construction.

We'd say "I've been thinking" but Spanish uses "llevar" (to carry) + the -ando/-iendo form.

It's not "I have been thinking" literally – it's "I carry thinking."

Spanish treats ongoing actions like something you physically carry with you.

This is why Spanish feels more embodied than English.

STREAM & LEARN 🍅

Ready to hear how natives actually use "llevo + gerund"?

LingoPie shows you this pattern across hundreds of Spanish shows.

You'll start recognizing it everywhere – from Mexican telenovelas to Spanish thrillers.

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ANSWER KEY ✅

Yo llevo pensando en esto... mucho más tiempo. Para no volver a trabajar en mi vida. Ni vosotros... ni vuestros hijos. Bien.

I've been thinking about this... for much longer. So I never have to work again in my life. Neither you... nor your children. Good.

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