Present Progressive: Irregular Forms

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Present Progressive Irregular Forms

• P. 171
• Realidades 2

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Present Progressive Irregular Forms

• Do you remember your regular present progressive
  forms?
• To say that something is happening right now, use
  the present tense forms of estar the present
  participle (-ando or -iendo)

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Present Progressive Irregular Forms

• doblar gt doblando
• Ella está doblando a la izquierda
• aprender gt aprendiendo
• Estamos aprendiendo a manejar.
• escribir gt esciribiendo
• Están escribiendo una carta.

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Present Progressive Irregular Forms

• Some verbs have irregular present participle
  forms.
• To form the present participle of -ir
  stem-changing verbs, the e in the infinitive form
  changes to i, and the o in the infinitive form
  changes to u.

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Present Progressive Irregular Forms

• Decir
• Pedir
• Repetir
• Seguir
• Servir
• Vestir
• Dormir

• Diciendo
• Pidiendo
• Repitiendo
• Siguiendo
• Sirviendo
• Vistiendo
• Durmiendo

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Present Progressive Irregular Forms

• In the following -er verbs, the i of -iendo
  changes to y.
• creer creyendo
• leer leyendo
• traer trayendo

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Present Progressive Irregular Forms

• When you use pronouns with the present
  progressive, you can put them before the
  conjugated form of estar or attach them to the
  present participle.

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Present Progressive Irregular Forms

• Notice that if a pronoun is attached to the
  present participle, an accent mark is needed.
• Write the accent mark over the vowel that is
  normally stressed in the present tense.

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Present Progressive Irregular Forms

• Están Uds. esperando el autobús?
• Sí, lo estamos esperando.
• Or
• Sí, estamos esperándolo.