Present Progressive Spanish 1

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

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.

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

Estar estoy estamos estás estáis está están

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

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

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.

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

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

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