The progressive present Flashcards
What is the progressive present?
How do you form it?
When there’s an -ing, i.e. I am walking
The present tense of estar plus the gerund of the verb that is being done
Why do we use estar and not ser for the progressive present?
Because it describes changeable states
How do we conjugate regular -AR verbs?
Replace the -ar with -ando
How do we conjugate regular -ER verbs?
Replace the -ir with -iendo
How do we conjugate regular -IR verbs?
Replace the -ir with -iendo
I am sleeping
estoy dormiendo
You are laughing
estás riendo
He is eating
está comiendo
She is talking
está hablando
We are dancing
estamos bailando
They (males) are writing
están escribiendo
Some irregular -IR verbs have vowel changes in the progressive present stem. What happens to verbs like ‘morir’?
Give an example of ‘I am dying’
The ‘o’ changes to a ‘u’
Estoy muriendo
Some irregular -IR verbs have vowel changes in the progressive present stem. What happens to verbs like ‘decir’?
Give an example of ‘I am saying’
The ‘e’ changes to an ‘i’
Estoy diciendo
When the infinitive stem ends in a vowel, which ending is added?
Give the examples of:
We are falling
They (females) are bringing
-yendo
Estamos cayendo
Están trayendo
