How to Say "I Have Been Doing" in Portuguese
I used to dread the most common "catching up" question in the Portuguese language.
"O que tens feito?" (What have you been up to?)
For the longest time, my brain would panic. I would default to the Simple Past and say things like "Trabalhei" (I worked) or "Comi muito" (I ate a lot).
People would laugh and give me a sympathetic, "that's cute nice try" pat on the back and need to correct me, often trying to explain things that just made me smile along and nod without actually understanding what they were saying.
To them, I sounded like I...