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)

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1 El presente progressivo ¿Qué estás haciendo?

2  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?

3 Estar yo estoynosotros estamos tú estás Él, Ella, está Ud. Ellos, Ellas están Uds.

4  In English it is the –ing form of the verb What is a present participle?

5  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…

6  Vivir  viviendo (living)  Comer  comiendo (eating)  Hacer  haciendo (doing or making)  Aterrizar  aterrizando (landing) Now let’s form a few regular present participles

7 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.

8 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

9  Leer  leyendo (reading)  Traer  trayendo (bringing)  Caer  cayendo (falling) Three present participles to be memorized!!!