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Present Progressive Tense
:Spanish equivalent to -ing
Formed by adding a present participle to a conjugated form of the verb estar. This has almost perfect translation to the English equivalent.
You have to use a conjugated form of the verb estar to indicate your subject
What are the conjugated forms of estar?yo estoy nosotros, -as
estamostú estás vosotros,
-as estáisél, ella, está ellos,
ellas, estánUd. Uds.
Present ProgressiveFormation: Estar
How do you form the participle?
add an ending to the verb stem(What’s the verb stem you ask? It’s
the infinitive minus the –ar, -er, or –ir. The stem of estudiar is estudi-)
Present Progressive: the participle
-ar : stem + -ando, ex: estudiar= estudiando
-er verbs: stem + -iendo, ex beber= bebiendo
-ir verbs: stem + -iendo, ex vivir= viviendo
Present Progressive: Present Participle Endings
Estoy estudiando. I am studying. ¿Estás comiendo? Are you eating Están escribiendo. They are writing.
The Present Progressive: Examples
The present progressive form is used to describe an action that is taking place right now.
<<Estudio español.>> says, “I study Spanish.”
But <<Estoy estudiando español.>> says
“I’m studying Spanish [right now].”
The Present Progressive
Irregular formations: Many stem changing–ir verbs also have a
stem change in the present progressive Sentir (e:i)=sintiendo Pedir (e:i)= pidiendo Decir (e:i)= diciendo Venir (e:ie)=viviendo Dormir(o:ue)=durmiendo
The Present Progressive: Irregular Forms
Verbs such as construir, oír, and leer have a y in the preterite form (yes I know that you don’t know this yet, but I want you to know the why) also have a y in the present participle. Just memorize these!
Constuir= construyendo Distribuir= distribuyendo Oír= oyendo Leer= leyendoThe Present
Progressive: Irregular Forms