Duration: Porto dos anys corrent
Porto dos anys corrent — I have been running for two years now. Word for word, "I carry two years running": it started then and is still with you. For example: “Porto dos anys corrent cada matí” — I have been running every morning for two years now. A rule from the Catalan course: worked out on examples, not memorized as a wording.
How it works
Porto dos anys corrent — I have been running for two years now. Word for word, "I carry two years running": it started then and is still with you.
The verb after portar takes the form on "-ant" or "-ent": corrent, estudiant, esperant.
The sense matches fa X que plus the present: Fa dos anys que corro says the same, a little more neutrally. The difference is in the mood: porto… corrent stresses the stubborn "I am not quitting".
Next to it lives gradualness — anar plus the same form: Vaig millorant — it keeps getting better.
Table
| frame | meaning | example |
|---|---|---|
| portar + gerundi | long ago and still going | porto dos anys corrent |
| fa X que + present | the same, more neutral | fa dos anys que corro |
| anar + gerundi | gradualness | vaig millorant |
By example
- Porto dos anys corrent cada matíI have been running every morning for two years now
- Porta tres hores estudiant i no paraHe has been studying for three hours straight and does not stop
- Portem un mes esperant la resposta del bancWe have been waiting for the bank's answer for a month now
How the rule settles in your head
A rule is not memorized from an explanation. It is memorized from an attempt to use it and a mistake — that is why the app delivers it mixed in with words, not as a separate lesson: it resurfaces exactly where you forgot it.
Frequently asked
Duration: how does it work in Catalan?
Porto dos anys corrent — I have been running for two years now. Word for word, "I carry two years running": it started then and is still with you.
What does it look like in an example sentence Catalan?
“Porto dos anys corrent cada matí” — I have been running every morning for two years now. A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.