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Los Progresivos The Progressive Tenses are used to indicate that something is at that point in time in progress. It is made up of 2 parts: 1. conjugated form of ESTAR 2. present participle (the “ing” word) ie…(Yo) estoy hablando ahora. ie…Yo estaba comiendo cuando … Conjugated forms of Estar estoy estamos estaré estaremos estás ----- estarás ----- está están estará estarán estaba estábamos estaría estaríamos estabas ----- estarías ----- estaba estaban estaría estarían 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. Forming the present participle (regular) 1. Drop the last two letters from the infinitive form of the verb. 2. Add the appropriate endings 1. Ar – ando ie…hablando 2. Er – iendo ie…comiendo 3. Ir – iendo ie…escribiendo Forming the present participle (stem changing) 1. 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 Forming the present participle (irregular) 1. 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 Distinguishing the Progressive Tenses 1. 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… Object Pronouns with Progressive Tenses 1. 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… Other Usages of the Present Participle The present participle may also be used to express BY + present participle. ie…No vas a solucionar nada llorando, Marta. Progressive Tenses Practice hablar yo future progressive Yo estaré hablando comer Paco present progressive Paco está comiendo manejar tú past progressive Tú estabas manejando