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Los Progresivos C. 12
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• The Progressive Tenses
• are used to indicate that something is at that
  point in time in progress.
• It is made up of 2 parts
• conjugated form of ESTAR
• present participle (the ing word)
• ie(Yo) estoy hablando ahora.
• ieYo estaba comiendo cuando

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Conjugated forms of Estar
estoy estamos
estás -----
está están
estaré estaremos
estarás -----
estará estarán
estaba estábamos
estabas -----
estaba estaban
estaría estaríamos
estarías -----
estaría estarían
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The Progressive Tenses are used considerably LESS
in Spanish than they are in English. Alternate
constructions The verbs ANDAR, IR, SEGUIR,
CONTINUAR and VENIR may also be used to form
the progressive, but are NOT as commonly used as
ESTAR.
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• Forming the present participle
• (regular)
• Drop the last two letters from the infinitive
  form of the verb.
• Add the appropriate endings
• Ar ando iehablando
• Er iendo iecomiendo
• Ir iendo ieescribiendo

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• Forming the present participle
• (stem changing)
• IR verbs that have a stem change in the pres.
  ind. tense will reflect only a ONE LETTER stem
  change in the present participle of that verb.
• ie...servir (i) - sirviendo
• dormir (u) - durmiendo

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• Forming the present participle (irregular)
• Exception Er or Ir verbs whose stem end in a
  vowel leer leyendo
• except for SEGUIR, CONSEGUIR
• 2. The verb IR, and PODER
• yendo, and pudiendo
• 3. Reír, Sonreír riendo, sonriendo
• 4. Verbs that end in ñir lose the i gruñir
  gruñendo

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• Distinguishing the
• Progressive Tenses
• The Present Progressive is used when the action
  is in progress at the point of reference (past,
  present, future).
• ie..Uds. estaban tomando apuntes
• Ie...Uds. están tomando apuntes
• Ie..Uds. estarán tomando apuntes

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• Object Pronouns with Progressive Tenses
• Object pronouns may be placed in front of the
  conjugated verb or attached to the pres.
  participle
• ie...Yo estoy bañándome
• ie..Yo me estoy bañando

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Other Usages of the Present Participle The
present participle may also be used to express BY
present participle. ieNo vas a solucionar
nada llorando, Marta.
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Progressive Tenses Practice hablar yo future
progressive comer Paco present
progressive manejar tú past progressive
Yo estaré hablando
Paco está comiendo
Tú estabas manejando