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personas?

Estar + El Participio Estar + El Participio Presente = La Presente = La Construcción Construcción ProgresivaProgresiva

Estar + El Participio Estar + El Participio Presente = La Presente = La Construcción Construcción ProgresivaProgresiva

The Present Construction a.k.a. The Present

Progressive

• To talk about what you are doing now use the present tense of estar and the present participle (please note: continuar & seguir can be used as well…they translate to “to keep on”)

• What are the present tense conjugations of estar, continuar, and seguir?.....

estoy estamosestásestá están

continuo continuamos

continuas

continua continuan

sigo seguimossiguessigue siguen

The Present Participle

• -ar verbs -ando• -er & -ir verbs iendo

• Only –ir stem-change/boot verbs, stem-change in the present participle BUT with special stem changes:– e i (i.e. sentir, pedir, decir, venir,

etc.)– o u (i.e. dormir, poder*)

*exception

Stem-Changers

Spell Changers• When the stem of a an –ir verb (with

the exception of verbs ending in –guir) or the stem of an –er verb ends in a vowel (i.e. traer, leer, contruir, oir), the ending is: –yendo NOT-iendo

• The verb ir (to go) simply becomes yendo

Reflexive Verb Rules• The reflexive pronoun can come

before estar, continuar, or seguir, OR attached to the present participle (an accent mark is needed on the 3rd vowel from the end to maintain stress)– Me estoy duchando o Estoy

duchándome