19 Sep, 2009 in
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Julio Foppoli
THE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE – EL PRESENTE PROGRESIVO
The situations in which you use this tense are the same both in English as in Spanish. Consequently, we are going to see some examples and we are not going to concentrate on when or when not to use this tense as you will do it intuitively if you native language is English.
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I am working. |
Estoy trabajando. / Trabajo |
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They are studying now. |
Ellos están estudiando ahora. |
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We are selling a novel |
Estamos vendiendo una novela. |
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He is eating a lot. |
Él está comiendo mucho. |
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She is leaving in two days. |
Está partiendo en dos días or.. |
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How to form EL PRESENTE PROGRESIVO in 3 easy steps
| 1 Take the verb in the infinitive form… | trabajar | comer | partir | ||||
| 2 Drop the infinitive ending… | trabaj- | com- | part- | ||||
| 3 Add the verb ESTAR (to be) and present progressive ending… | |||||||
| Yo | estoy | I am | trabajando | comiendo | partiendo | ||
| Tú | estás | You are (informal) | trabajando | comiendo | partiendo | ||
| Usted Él – Ella | está | You are (formal) s-he is | trabajando | comiendo | partiendo | ||
| Nosotros | estamos | We are | trabajando | comiendo | partiendo | ||
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estáis | You all are | trabajando | comiendo | partiendo | ||
 Ustedes |
están | You all are | trabajando | comiendo | partiendo | ||
| Ellos | están | They are | trabajando | comiendo | partiendo | ||
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Now it is your turn! |
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| Conjugate the verbs in all the persons. | |||||||
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| Tú |  Tip! |
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In verbs ending in -AR, the -ing form in English corresponds to the ending-ando in Spanish. |
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In verbs ending in -ER or -IR, the -ing form in English corresponds to the ending -iendo in Spanish. |
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Published on 19 Sep, 2009 in
Uncategorized by
Julio Foppoli
Ashok Chintamani | October 4th, 2010 at 10:32 am #
Truly amazing!. Your methodology of instructions are so practical, imaginative and advanced when compared with peer groups that I wonder why I did not try to learn Spanish earlier. I am truly hooked onto to your website and seriously trying to learn spanish.
Best regards
Ashok (from India)
Marga | February 11th, 2011 at 9:12 am #
Very helpful. Thanks!
Tony | July 14th, 2011 at 9:53 am #
I have been learning Spanish for the past few months now and this page has really helped me understand the tense system.
I am glad I stumbled across this page!