1. El presente progresivo Capítulo 8.2 Vamos de compras

2. What is the present progressive Present progressive is used to say what is happening right now. It is made up of 2 verbs: Estar + another verb in the present participle form.

3. Forming the present progressive Start with a form of the verb estar: estoyestamos estásestáis estáestán Use another verb (for what is being done) and put it in the present participle: For AR verbs, drop the AR & add –ando For IR/ER verbs, drop IR or ER & add -iendo

4. Ejemplos… I am running First, start with a form of estar. ESTOY Then, use the verb ‘correr’ and put it in the present participle CORRER  CORR  CORRIENDO ESTOY CORRIENDO

5. ¿Como se dice…? You are talking. (hablar) Estás hablando. We are eating. (comer) Estamos comiendo. Marta is singing. (cantar) Marta está cantando. You all are calling. (llamar) Estáis llamando. They are opening presents. (abrir) Están abriendo regalos.

6. Irregular progessive endings… RULE #1 When the stem of either an -IR or -ER verb ends in a vowel (leer), you will change the “ i ” (of – iendo) to a y “Estoy leyendo”, not “estoy leiendo”.

7. Irregular verbs… RULE #2 Some IR vebs have stem changes in the present tense. Dormir = duermo For verbs like these, a stem change also happens in the present progressive. O  U E  I Dormir  durmiendo (sleeping) Servir  sirviendo (serving)

8. Other things to know… Do not use “ir” or “venir” with present progressive. Yo vengo a la fiesta = I’m coming to the party. Ella va a la fiesta = She is going to the party.