Transcript Slide 1 - Gordon State College

Progressive
The progressive consist of two parts: a
helping verb and the present participle of a
main verb, which ends in –ing in English:
is
↓
helping verb
talking
↓
present participle/main verb
To form a present participle in Spanish . . .
1. drop off the –ar and add –ando
hablar = habl- + -ando → hablando
tomar = tom- + -ando → tomando
2. drop off the –er or –ir and add –iendo
comer = com- + -iendo → comiendo
escribir = escrib- + iendo → escribiendo
Remember to use the INFINITIVE!!!!
If I tell you to change
“hago”
to the progressive, the answer is
“estoy haciendo.”
You can’t drop the “-o” off “hago” and put on
the ending; you have to go back to “hacer”
and drop the “-er” off.
Stem-Changing Verbs
If you remember, as was mentioned in the last slide, to go back
to the infinitive, -ar and –er verbs won’t be a problem for you:
vuelve  está volviendo (inf.: volver)
piensa  está pensando (inf.: pensar)
However, -ir stem-changing verbs don’t work like that. Instead,
the last e in the infinitive becomes an i:
pedir  pidiendo
sentir  sintiendo
pide  está pidiendo
siente  está sintiendo
And the last o in an –ir stem-changing verb becomes a u:
dormir  durmiendo
duerme  está durmiendo
There’s one type of verb that undergoes a
spelling change. A spelling rule of Spanish is
that an “i” that gets stuck between two other
vowels becomes a “y” (unless it has an
accent mark over it):
leer = le- + -iendo → *leiendo* → leyendo
creer = cre- + -iendo → *creiendo* → creyendo
In Spanish, the helping verb is “estar”:
está
↓
(he) is
hablando
↓
talking
WARNING!!!!!!
If you’re told to change a verb to the progressive, it
absolutely MUST have a form of “estar” with it:
• hablas → estás hablando
• comemos → estamos comiendo
• escriben → están escribiendo
If you fail to include “estar” on the test, you’ll lose ½
point for every single one! That means about 5
points total!
FAIR WARNING!!!!!!!!!
The progressive emphasizes that the
action is going on at this moment in
time.
“Hablo” can mean “I speak” or “I am
speaking,” but “estoy hablando”
means clearly that I am speaking right
now.
Following are some
exercises. Describe
what each person is
doing at the moment.
Write the answer on your
own paper.
Esteban
María
Juana
Julio
¿Qué está haciendo María?
María está bailando.
¿Qué está haciendo Esteban?
Esteban está leyendo.
¿Qué está haciendo Julio?
Julio está escribiendo.
¿Qué está haciendo Carlos?
Carlos está enseñando.
Carlos
Teresa y Diego
Antonio
Tomás
Pedro
¿Qué está haciendo Antonio?
Antonio está bebiendo.
¿Qué está haciendo Pedro?
Pedro está comiendo.
¿Qué está haciendo Tomás?
Tomás está hablando.
¿Qué están haciendo Teresa y Diego?
Teresa y Diego están mirando la televisión.
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