{"id":574,"date":"2024-12-02T18:14:56","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T18:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/spanish1011\/?post_type=chapter&p=574"},"modified":"2026-03-25T21:10:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T21:10:56","slug":"leccion-3-expresando-acciones-en-progreso","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/spanish1011\/chapter\/leccion-3-expresando-acciones-en-progreso\/","title":{"raw":"Lecci\u00f3n 3: Expresando acciones en progreso","rendered":"Lecci\u00f3n 3: Expresando acciones en progreso"},"content":{"raw":"

El presente progresivo<\/h2>\r\n

To express an action that is taking place at the moment, you will use the verb estar<\/strong> with a present participle, that is, a verb form that ends in -ndo<\/strong>. This is known as the present progressive.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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\r\n<\/colgroup>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Verb type<\/th>\r\nParticiple<\/th>\r\nPresent participle<\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/thead>\r\n
-ar<\/th>\r\n-ando<\/td>\r\nhablando<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
-er<\/th>\r\n-iendo<\/td>\r\nbebiendo<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
-ir<\/th>\r\n-iendo<\/td>\r\nescribiendo<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/colgroup>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Espa\u00f1ol<\/th>\r\nEnglish<\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/thead>\r\n
Yo estoy estudiando<\/strong>.<\/td>\r\nI am studying.<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Mi madre est\u00e1 viendo<\/strong> la tele.<\/td>\r\nMy mother is watching TV<\/em>.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Mis hermanos est\u00e1n jugando<\/strong> al f\u00fatbol.<\/td>\r\nMy brothers are playing soccer.<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

Notice that the participle remains the same regardless of the subject.<\/p>\r\n

Here are the verbs that you have learned that have irregular participles:<\/p>\r\n\r\n

    \r\n \t
  • creer:\u00a0 crey<\/strong>endo<\/li>\r\n \t
  • dormir:\u00a0 du<\/strong>rmiendo<\/li>\r\n \t
  • leer: ley<\/strong>endo<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","rendered":"

    El presente progresivo<\/h2>\n

    To express an action that is taking place at the moment, you will use the verb estar<\/strong> with a present participle, that is, a verb form that ends in -ndo<\/strong>. This is known as the present progressive.<\/p>\n

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    Verb type<\/th>\nParticiple<\/th>\nPresent participle<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
    -ar<\/th>\n-ando<\/td>\nhablando<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    -er<\/th>\n-iendo<\/td>\nbebiendo<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    -ir<\/th>\n-iendo<\/td>\nescribiendo<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
    Espa\u00f1ol<\/th>\nEnglish<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
    Yo estoy estudiando<\/strong>.<\/td>\nI am studying.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Mi madre est\u00e1 viendo<\/strong> la tele.<\/td>\nMy mother is watching TV<\/em>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Mis hermanos est\u00e1n jugando<\/strong> al f\u00fatbol.<\/td>\nMy brothers are playing soccer.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

    Notice that the participle remains the same regardless of the subject.<\/p>\n

    Here are the verbs that you have learned that have irregular participles:<\/p>\n

      \n
    • creer:\u00a0 crey<\/strong>endo<\/li>\n
    • dormir:\u00a0 du<\/strong>rmiendo<\/li>\n
    • leer: ley<\/strong>endo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"menu_order":3,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[48],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-574","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","chapter-type-numberless"],"part":465,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/spanish1011\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/spanish1011\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/spanish1011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/spanish1011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/spanish1011\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1043,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/spanish1011\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/574\/revisions\/1043"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/spanish1011\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/465"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/spanish1011\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/574\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/spanish1011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/spanish1011\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=574"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/spanish1011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=574"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/spanish1011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}