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Spanish Verbs – Present Progressive El presente progresivo The present progressive is a compound tense used to talk about ongoing action in the present that uses an auxiliary verb in the present tense combined with the present participle of a second verb. The auxiliary verb is the first verb in the tense that precedes (goes before) the participle. The most common auxiliary verb is estar. Some other auxiliary verbs used in the past progressive are: andar, seguir, ir and venir. estar + participio presente (-ando o –iendo) Examples: Estamos limpiando la casa. Estoy comiendo) We are cleaning the house. I am eating. o To illustrate the present progressive, think of the equivalent in English: to be + the –ing form of a verb Examples: I am eating. We are studying. verb to be + -ing form verb to be + -ing form o It is important to note that the progressive tenses are used much more frequently in English than in Spanish. In Spanish, this verb tense is usually used to stress or exaggerate the ongoing action in the present. Steps to form the present progressive tense: 1. Conjugate the auxiliary verb estar into the present tense. yo estoy estar – to be nosotros estamos tú estás vosotros estáis él/ella/usted está 2. Form the present participle: a. Identify the infinitive form of the second verb that will form the present participle. b. Drop the –AR, -ER, or –IR ending. c. Add the appropriate participle ending that corresponds to the infinitive ending of the verb (ando or –iendo). -AR verbs -ER / -IR verbs -ando -iendo Examples: Spanish ellos/ella/ustedes están cantar cantando comer comiendo correr corriendo saltar saltando escribir escribiendo hablar hablando BCCC Tutoring Center Rev. 7/2015 3. Combine the auxiliary verb in the present tense with the present participle. Verbo saltar – to jump beber – to drink escribir – to Participio saltando bebiendo Presente progresivo estoy saltando – I am jumping estamos saltando – We are jumping estás saltando – You are jumping estáis saltando – You (pl). are jumping está saltando – He/she is jumping están saltando – They are jumping estoy bebiendo – I am drinking estamos bebiendo – We are drinking estás bebiendo – You are drinking estáis bebiendo – You (pl.) are drinking está bebiendo – He/she is drinking están bebiendo – They are drinking escribiendo estoy escribiendo – I am writing write estamos escribiendo – We are writing estás escribiendo – You are writing estáis escribiendo – You (pl.) are writing está escribiendo – He/she is writing están escribiendo – They are writing It is important to note that all -AR and -ER verbs are regular when forming the present participle. Only some –IR stem changing verbs have irregular participles. Steps to form the present participle of -IR stem changing verbs: 1. The vowel e in the stem changes to i, e > i The vowel o in the stem changes to u, o > u 2. Add -iendo to the stem of the verb. Examples: pedir pidiendo servir sirviendo seguir siguiendo decir diciendo morir muriendo dormir durmiendo For pronunciation reasons, some verbs experience a spelling change involving the letter y. o This change occurs because any time there is an unaccented letter i between two vowels, it changes to a y. If the regular steps to forming the past participle were followed for the verb influir, the participle would look like this: influiendo. However, because there is an unaccented i between two vowels (u and e) the i changes to a y, and the correct participle is influyendo. Other examples of verbs like this: Spanish caer cayendo oír oyendo leer leyendo BCCC Tutoring Center Rev. 7/2015