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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