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Caught in the act: The present progressive

This guide explores the Spanish present progressive tense, comparing it with English's present participle. While English uses "-ing," Spanish employs "estar" plus the gerund form, such as "está estudiando" for "is studying." This structure emphasizes ongoing actions, uniquely highlighting what is happening right now. Additionally, the piece covers stem-changing verbs, illustrating how they preserve their changes in gerund forms, and explains vowel changes in certain cases, like “leyendo” for “leer.” Learn how to effectively use the present progressive in everyday contexts.

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Caught in the act: The present progressive

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  1. Caught in the act: The present progressive It’s like the English: to be + -ing(present participle) Spanish: estar+ -ndo(present participle) Elena estáestudiandopara un examen. Ana estácomiendogalletas. -arverbs estudiarestudi- -erverbs comercom- -irverbs escribirescrib- stem +ending=present participle -andoestudiando -iendocomiendo -iendoescribiendo

  2. Unlike English, the Spanish present progressive is used only to describe what is happeningRight Now: En la foto, los perrosestánjugando con el dinosaurio

  3. Y ahoraestánjugando con la marmota

  4. Los verbos de -Ir (los feos) quetienencambio en la raíz • Stem-changing "Ir" verbs continue to stem-change in the participle with a small difference: • O-->UE stem-changers change from O--> U • E-->IE and E-->I stem-changers both change from E->I. Decir (i,i) diciendo Dormir (ue,u) durmiendo Pedir (i,i)  pidiendo

  5. Los verbos de -Er/-Ir ending in two vowels will replace the weak (poodle) “i“ with a (german shepherd) “y" in the participle. Spanish doesn’t permit three vowels in a row with an unaccented “i” in the middle! Leer  leiendoleyendo (see?) Oíroyendo (easy!) Creer  [to believe] creyendo Caer [to Fall] cayendo (ok, you've got it!) Yip! ARF! Yip! No!

  6. ¿Quéestánhaciendo?

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