1. Present Progressive
Spanish 1

2. Trabajo de timbre Traduzcan. 1. I need to brush my teeth!
2. After eating, I take a bath!
3. She can get ready fast.

3. Present Progressive
Present progressive allows you to say what is happing right now.
it’s the -ing form in English
Ejemplo: I am running.
You are talking.

4. Present Progressive conjugation of estar + present participle.
Ejemplo: Estoy hablando.

5. Estar
estoy estamos
estás estáis
está están

6. -AR Present Participles
1. take off -AR
2. add -ando
hablar hablando (talking)

7. -ER and -IR Present Participles
1. take off -ER or -IR
2. add -iendo
comer comiendo (eating)
escribir escribiendo (writing)

8. Irregulars
When the stem of an an -er or -ir verbs ends in a vowel, form the present participle by changing the i to y in the -iendo form (-yendo).
Some examples would be leer and traer.
Estamos leyendo. We are reading.
Estamos trayendo la comida. We are bringing the food.

9. Irregulares Some irregular ir stem-changers will have a stem-change.
dormir- durmiendo- sleeping
pedir- pidiendo- asking
servir- sirviendo- serving

10. Er and Ar Stem-Changers
ER and AR stem-changers won’t stem- change in their participles.
Almorzar- almorzando
Volver- volviendo

11. Ir and venir Ir and venir are rarely used with present progressive.
Voy a la biblioteca.
I go to the library.
I am going to the library