¿Qué están haciendo las siguientes personas?
Estar + El Participio Presente = La Construcción Progresiva
The Present Construction a.k.a. The Present Progressive To talk about what you are doing now use the present tense of estar and the present participle (please note: continuar & seguir can be used as well…they translate to to keep on) What are the present tense conjugations of estar, continuar, and seguir?.....
estoyestamos estás está están continuo continuamos continuas continua continuan sigoseguimos sigues siguesiguen
The Present Participle -ar verbs -ando -er & -ir verbs iendo
Only –ir stem-change/boot verbs, stem-change in the present participle BUT with special stem changes: –e i (i.e. sentir, pedir, decir, venir, etc.) –o u (i.e. dormir, poder*) *exception Stem-Changers
Spell Changers When the stem of a an –ir verb (with the exception of verbs ending in –guir) or the stem of an –er verb ends in a vowel (i.e. traer, leer, contruir, oir), the ending is: –yendo NOT-iendo The verb ir (to go) simply becomes yendo
Reflexive Verb Rules The reflexive pronoun can come before estar, continuar, or seguir, OR attached to the present participle (an accent mark is needed on the 3 rd vowel from the end to maintain stress) –Me estoy duchando o Estoy duchándome