Present Progressive Tense

1. Present Progressive Tense :Spanish equivalent to -ing

2. Formed by adding a present participle to a conjugated form of the verb estar. This has almost perfect translation to the English equivalent.

3. You have to use a conjugated form of the verb estar to indicate your subject • What are the conjugated forms of estar? yoestoynosotros, -as estamos túestásvosotros, -as estáis él, ella, estáellos, ellas, están Ud. Uds. Present ProgressiveFormation: Estar

4. 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

5. -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

6. Estoyestudiando. • I am studying. • ¿Estáscomiendo? • Are you eating • Estánescribiendo. • They are writing. The Present Progressive: Examples

7. The present progressive form is used to describe an action that is taking place right now. • <<Estudioespañol.>> says, “I study Spanish.” • But • <<Estoyestudiandoespañol.>> says “I’m studying Spanish [right now].” The Present Progressive

8. 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

9. 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= leyendo The Present Progressive: Irregular Forms