El presente progressivo ¿Qué estás haciendo?
Two word tense Action in progress Means: to be doing something To be form of estar (for the subject) Doing something present participle Need conjugation of estar + Present Participle What is the present progressive tense?
Estar yo estoynosotros estamos tú estás Él, Ella, está Ud. Ellos, Ellas están Uds.
In English it is the –ing form of the verb What is a present participle?
Go to the infinitive Verb form that ends in –ar, -er or-ir in Spanish Drop the ending -ar, -er, ir Add on –ando for regular –ar verbs Add on –iendo for regular –er and –ir verbs To form regular present participles in Spanish…
Vivir viviendo (living) Comer comiendo (eating) Hacer haciendo (doing or making) Aterrizar aterrizando (landing) Now let’s form a few regular present participles
What are the conjugations for hablar in the present progressive tense? yo estoy hablandonosotros estamos hablando tú estás hablando Él, Ella, está hablando Ud. Ellos, Ellas están hablando Uds.
What do these conjugations mean? yo estoy hablando = I am talking; speaking nosotros estamos hablando = we are talking; speaking tú estás hablando = you (familiar, singular) are talking; speaking Él, Ella, está hablando = Ud. He, she you (formal, singular) talking; speaking Ellos, Ellas están hablando = Uds. They, they, you all (formal, plural) are talking; speaking
Leer leyendo (reading) Traer trayendo (bringing) Caer cayendo (falling) Three present participles to be memorized!!!