Topic 3 The Present Progressive
El presente progresivo
Estar + -ando/-iendo
estoy
estás
está
estamos
están
estás
está
estamos
están
}
hablando
comiendo
escribiendo
comiendo
escribiendo
The present progressive
- In Spanish the present progressive is used to indicate that an action is happening right now.
- Julia está comiendo ahora mismo. Julia is eating right now.
- The present progressive is formed with the verb estar plus the present participle (el gerundio), -ando for verbs that end in -ar, and -iendo for verbs that end in -er or -ir.
| (hablar) | Estoy hablando por teléfono. | I am talking on the phone. |
| (comer) | Estoy comiendo pizza. | I am eating pizza. |
| (escribir) | Estoy escribiendo una carta. | I am writing a letter. |
- The ending of the present participle never changes; it always ends in -o.
- In English, a present participle is a verb that ends in -ing.
- Verbs like leer and oir are conjugated with a “y” as follows
| leer | le + iendo = leyendo |
| oir | o + iendo = oyendo |
- Present participle of -ir stem-changing verbs.
| preferir | prefiero | prefiriendo |
| pedir | pido | pidiendo |
| dormir | duermo | durmiendo |
| servir | sirvo | sirviendo |
| vestirse | *me visto | vistiendo |
- Position of reflexive pronouns when using the present progressive is as follows:
- Before the conjugated form of estar.
- Me estoy vistiendo. I am getting dressed.
- Attached to the end of the present participle.
- Estoy vistiendome.
Pratícalo…
- Before the conjugated form of estar.
