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The present progressive The present progressive (el presente progresivo) narrates an action in progress. It is formed with the present tense of estar and the present participle (el gerundio) of the main verb. Éric está sacando una foto. Aguayo está bebiendo café. Fabiola está escribiendo el artículo. Éric is taking a photo. Aguayo is drinking coffee. Fabiola is writing the article. Copyright © 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved.

The present participle of regular –ar, –er, and –ir verbs is formed as follows: Copyright © 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved.

Stem-changing verbs that end in –ir also change their stem vowel when they form the present participle. Copyright © 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved.

Ir, poder, reír, and sonreír have irregular present participles (yendo, pudiendo, riendo, sonriendo). Ir and poder are seldom used in the present progressive. Marisa está sonriendo todo el tiempo. Maribel no está yendo a clase últimamente. Marisa is smiling all the time. Maribel isn’t going to class lately. Copyright © 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved.

They are falling in love. Te estoy hablando. Estoy hablándote. When progressive forms are used with reflexive verbs or object pronouns, the pronouns may either be attached to the present participle (in which case an accent mark is added to maintain the proper stress) or placed before the conjugated verb. See 2.1 Object pronouns, pp. 54–55, and 2.3 Reflexive verbs, pp. 62–63, for more information. Se están enamorando. Están enamorándose. They are falling in love. Te estoy hablando. Estoy hablándote. I am talking to you. Copyright © 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved.

Note that the present participle of ser is siendo. (continued) Note that the present participle of ser is siendo. Copyright © 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved.

When the stem of an –er or –ir verb ends in a vowel, the –i– of the present participle ending changes to –y–. Copyright © 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved.

Progressive forms are used less frequently in Spanish than in English, and only when emphasizing that an action is in progress at the moment described. To refer to actions that occur over a period of time or in the near future, Spanish uses the present tense instead. PRESENT TENSE PRESENT PROGRESSIVE Lourdes estudia economía en la UNAM. Ahora mismo, Lourdes está tomando un examen. Lourdes is studying economics at UNAM. Right now, Lourdes is taking an exam. ¿Vienes con nosotros al Café Pamplona? No, no puedo. Ya estoy cocinando. Are you coming with us to Café Pamplona? No, I can’t go. I’m already cooking. Copyright © 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved.

Estaba marcando su número justo cuando él me llamó. Other tenses may have progressive forms as well. These tenses emphasize that an action was/will be in progress. PAST (pp. 94–105) Estaba marcando su número justo cuando él me llamó. I was dialing his number right when he called me. FUTURE (pp. 216–219) No vengas a las cuatro, todavía estaremos trabajando. Don’t come at four o’clock; we will still be working. Copyright © 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved.

Other verbs with the present participle Spanish expresses various shades of progressive action by using verbs such as seguir, ir, venir, and andar with the present participle. Seguir with the present participle expresses the idea of to keep doing something. Emilio sigue hablando. Mercedes sigue quejándose. Emilio keeps on talking. Mercedes keeps complaining. Copyright © 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved.

Ir with the present participle indicates a gradual or repeated process Ir with the present participle indicates a gradual or repeated process. It often conveys the English idea of more and more. Cada día que pasa voy disfrutando más de esta clase. Ana y Juan van acostumbrándose al horario de clase. I’m enjoying this class more and more every day. Ana and Juan are getting more and more used to the class schedule. Copyright © 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved.

Venir with the present participle indicates a gradual action that accumulates or increases over time. Hace años que viene diciendo cuánto le gusta el béisbol. Vengo insistiendo en lo mismo desde el principio. He’s been saying how much he likes baseball for years. I have been insisting on the same thing from the beginning. Copyright © 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved.

Andar with the present participle conveys the idea of going around doing something or of always doing something. José siempre anda quejándose de eso. Román anda diciendo mentiras. José is always complaining about that. Román is going around telling lies. Copyright © 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved.