Hola estudiantes
de español,
En este post
vamos a ver el presente continuo en español. In English the “present
continuous” is a tense which is used to talk about something happening right
now. For example: I am writing you a
letter, I am listening music, He is drinking water,We are working at the office.
As in English , in order to form the present continuous we
need the verb To Be and the gerund. But……….which one of the 2 Spanish verbs “to
be” do we need to form the present continuous?, SER OR ESTAR…….
We need to use the verb ESTAR in the present form plus the gerund.
You can see here the verb ESTAR in the present form:
Yo estoy
Tú estás
Él/ella está
Nosotros/as
estamos
Vosotros/as
estáis
Ellos/as están
The gerund in Spanish is formed as follows :
Verbs ending in –AR , we get rid of the ending AR and we add
–ANDO. For example:
Trabajar- trabajando
Hablar- hablando
Cocinar-cocinando
Verbs ending in –ER and –IR,
we get rid of the infinitive ending –ER or –IR, and we add –IENDO. Here
you have some examples:
Comer- comiendo
Beber- viviendo
Vivir- viviendo
Salir- saliendo
Escribir-escribiendo
Example, present continuous of the verb comer:
Yo estoy comiendo
Tú estás comiendo
Él /ella está
comiendo
Nosotros/as
estamos comiendo
Vosotros/as
estáis comiendo
Ellos/as estáis comiendo.
Normally we use the present continuous to talk about
something that is happening right now. On the other hand we use the present simple to
talk about something which is current but It is not happening at this very
moment.
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