How do you ask..."have you been studying your driver's manual?" in Spanish
I'll send this to our Spanish expert, Sra JMcGin.
literally with the Present Perfect Tense
Decide if you want familiar (tú/vosotros/vosotras), singular or plural, or formal (usted/ustedes) I'll give you the tú form:
¿Has estado estudiando tu manual de conductor?
It would be more likely to use the Preterit = did you study... ¿estudiaste...?
Sra
To ask "have you been studying your driver's manual?" in Spanish, you can say "¿Has estado estudiando tu manual de conducir?" Here's how you can break down and understand this sentence:
1. "Have you been studying" - This is translated as "has estado estudiando."
- "Have" is translated as "has" when referring to the second person singular form, which is "you."
- "Been studying" is translated as "estado estudiando." The verb "estudiar" means "to study," and when we want to express an ongoing action, we need to use the verb "estar" (to be) in its present tense conjugation ("has estado").
2. "Your driver's manual" - This is translated as "tu manual de conducir."
- "Your" is translated as "tu" when referring to the second person singular form, which is "you."
- "Driver's manual" is translated as "manual de conducir."
So, by combining these translations, we get "¿Has estado estudiando tu manual de conducir?"