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Present progressive: Regular verbs -ar- |
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The present progressive tense expresses an action that is being developed at present. An english example would be "I am running" or "We are cooking."
Generally, a temporary action which began recently and will end soon. In Spanish you form the present progressive using the verb “estar” + regular verb + ando. In this moment we only use regular verbs ending -ar-.
Look at the following chart:
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Pronombres
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Trabajar (to work)
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Cantar (to sing)
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Yo (I)
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Yo estoy trabajando mucho.
(I am working a lot.)
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Yo estoy cantando muy bien.
(I am singing very well.)
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Tú (You)
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Tú estás trabajando mucho.
(You are working a lot.)
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Tú estás cantando muy bien.
(You are singing very well.)
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Él / Ella / Usted
(He/She/You)
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Ella está trabajando mucho.
(She is working a lot.)
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Usted está cantando muy bien.
(You are singing very well.)
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Nosotros/Nosotras
(We)
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Nosotros estamos trabajando mucho.
(We are working alot.)
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Nosotras estamos cantando muy bien.
(We are singing very well.)
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Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes
(They/You)
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Ustedes están trabajando mucho.
(They/you (plural) are working a lot.)
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Ellos están cantando muy bien.
(They/you (plural) are singing very well.)
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Pay attention!!
When the regular verb ending in AR, you have to add "ando" to the root of the verb. Try to conjugate these verbs in present progressive:
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Verbos regulares
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Presente progresivo
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yo + estar + caminar (to walk)
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tú + estar + completar (to complete)
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él + estar + contestar (to anwer)
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nosotros + estar + estudiar (to study)
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ustedes + estar + descansar (to rest)
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