Present Progressive Tense, orI am walking

Present Progressive Tense

The present progressive tense is how you will say the "ing" sound in English and describe what you are doing right now: I am walking, he is sitting and they are spitting.

To communicate this way you need 2 things:

1) a conjugated form of estar

2) a verb with -ando (-ar ending verbs) or -iendo (-er & -ir ending verbs at the end

Check this out noticing the numbers from above:

Yo (1) estoy (2) comiendo. I am eating

El (1) está (2) cantando. He is singing.

This is different from yo como = I eat and él canta = he sings

-ar verbs: nadar = nadando = swimming

jugar = jugando = playing

-er verbs: comer = comiendo = eating

-ir verbs: vivir = viviendo = living

1) a conjugated form of estar

Estar = to be for locations and temporary conditions

Conjugations:

Yo estoy

Tú estás

Èl/ella/usted está

Nosotros estamos

vocotros estáis

Ellos/ellas están

Ejemplos

Ella está escuchando la música.

Tú estás trabajando después de escuela.

Yo estoy comiendo los tacos.

Ellos están estudiando el español.

Ejemplos

Ella está escuchando la música.

Tú estás trabajando después de escuela.

Yo estoy comiendo los tacos.

Ellos están estudiando el español.

She is listening to music.

You are working after school.

I am eating the tacos.

They are studying Spanish.

Review

Form of Estar verb with -ando or iendo

Estás + surfeando = You are surfing.

Review

Form of Estar verb with -ando or iendo

Estoy + hablando español. = I am speaking Spanish.