are doing

We've already learned "you". Next we're going to learn "are doing". You can tell this is leading up to something big!

If you read the full entry for "you," you know that in Spanish we say, "Your grace" and in Italian we way "Lei," the right pronoun for "Your highness." Which means both of these work like "he" and "she" in sentences. The French word means "you guys" and has complications of its own.

All this we are going to ignore and give you this simple formula - "are doing." It doesn't actually mean that in any of the languages, but it's a place to start. Ready?

(you) are doing:

Spanish (Usted) está (ay-stah) - está means is.

Italian (Lei) sta (stah) - sta means stands or is.

French (vous) allez (ahl-lay) - allez means are going.

You may have guessed that we're working up to asking how people are doing. But don't get ahead of me. We'll be there soon.