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By Gerald Erichsen, About.com Guide to Spanish Language

Continuing With Seguir

Tuesday June 30, 2009
Just because the dictionary might tell you what a Spanish word means doesn't mean you can always translate it that way and still sound like you're speaking natural English. For example, seguir typically carries the idea of "to continue." So you could try translating "Siguen sin pagarme" as "They continue without paying me." But there's a more natural way of getting that idea across, as our lesson on seguir shows.

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