Present ProgressiveRight Here / Right Now

Now...

• In Spanish, there are two ways of speaking in the present tense.

• We have previously learned one of those ways of creating the (p.t.)...

Now...

• That tense is simply called the present tense...O

AS

A

AMOS

(ÁIS)

AN

O

ES

E

EMOSIMOS

(ÉIS/ÍS)

EN

• AR • ER / IR

Using the present tense

• Siempre hablo en la clase de inglés.

• I always speak in English class

• I am always speaking in English class

Using the present tense

• Corres a las tres de la tarde.

• You run at three in the afternoon.

• You are running at three in the afternoon.

Right Here, Right Now

• The second way to create the present tense is to use the Present Progressive.

• NOTE: The present progressive is solely used to say what is going on right here, right now.

Right Here, Right Now

• In English we say...

• I am talking...

• You are listening...

• We are dancing...

Right Here, Right Now

• Estar + (present participle)

Estoy

Estás

Está

Estamos

Estáis

Están

Right Here, Right Now

• To create the present participle...

Hablar

Hablando

Comer

Comiendo

Abrir

Abriendo

Using what we learned

• Estar + (present participle)

• Estoy comiendo una torta.

Practice• Comprar

• Hacer

• Abrir

• Vivir

• Estudiar

• Comprando

• Haciendo

• Abriendo

• Viviendo

• Estudiando

Using what we learned

• ¿Qué estás haciendo? (tomar el sol)

• Yo estoy tomando el sol.

• ¿Qué está comprando Javier? (una carta)

• Él está comprando una carta.

As always

• As always there are a few irregulars that we have to learn...

• They are easy to remember...

As always

• They are always er/ir verbs...

• When you see three vowels in a row, change the middle “i” to a “y”

As always

• Creer = Creyendo (Creiendo)

• Leer = Leyendo (Leiendo)

• Oír = Oyendo (Oiendo)

As always

• ¿Qué están leyendo uds.? (el periódico)

• Estamos leyendo el periódico.