El Presente Progresivo

1. El Presente Progresivo

2. Remember how you learned that to say “I am talking” you would write the same thing as “I talk” or “I do talk” in Spanish? “Yo hablo.” If something is happening RIGHT at the MOMENT, you can use the present progressive to show that the action is current.

3. In ENGLISH, we call this the “gerund” or the -ING ending of a word. I am playing. You are reading. (these actions are happening now)

4. In SPANISH: Here’s how… You start with the form of “estar” that fits the person you are talking about.

5. Here’s how Then, after you have the correct form of estar, you make the –ING (gerund) of the verb (action word). (This is called the present participle… In case you want to know)

6. Present Participle aka the –ING part of -AR verbs • Take the infinitive, • drop the –AR, • add –ANDO. Let’s try HABLAR:

7. Try these! (En su paquete) Esperar = _________________________________ Ayudar = ________________________________ Trabajar = ______________________________ Bailar = ________________________________

8. Present Participle aka the –ING part of –ER and -IR verbs -Er and –IR verbs get the same endings. YAY. Drop the –ER, add -IENDO. Drop the –IR, add –IENDO. Let’s try COMER:

9. ESCRIBIR:

10. All of you are waiting = _________________________________ The students are studying = _______________________________________ Are you working? = ______________________________ We are dancing = ________________________________ I am understanding = ____________________________ They are living = _______________________________

11. Irregulars When the stem of an –er or –ir verb ends in a vowel, change the “iendo” to a “yendo.” Leer  Leyendo Oír  Oyendo Creer  Creyendo Are you reading now? ____________________________________They are hearing the dog. ___________________________________ The students are not believing the news. ___________________________________________

12. Pedir, Servir, and Dormir stem-change in the present progressive: Pedir = pidiendo Servir=___sirviendo_____ Dormir = ______durmiendo______________ (Reír and Sonreír also change a bit: Riendo = laughing ______sonriendo________ = smiling)

13. For all of the –ANDO and –IENDO words, you never have to pluralize or change them for the subject. • You never make them feminine or masculine. • YAY. • Ella está trabajando, él está trabajando, ellos están trabajando.

14. The progressive can also be used in the past to say what people were doing. To form the past progressive, take the imperfect tense of estar and add the same progressive endings.

16. Isabel was writing an article ___Isabel estabaescribiendo un artículo___ • Susana and I were reading the newspaper ____Susana y yoestábamosleyendo el periódico___ • Were you working late last night? ____¿Estabastrabajandotardeanoche?____ • My cousin was helping her great-grandmother.____________________________________________________________

17. 5. Were the students starting the homework in class? __________________________________ 6. The earth (la tierra) was shaking(temblar) _____________________________________________________________________ 7. We did not know what was happening. _______________________________________

18. 8. The reporters were taking pictures. ___________________________________ 9. The men were rescuing people and animals. ________________________________________________________________ 10. The victims were asking for help. ________________________________________________________________