Spanish Grammar Lesson on the Present Progressive Tense
Posted by Essay Help on July 17, 2009The Present Progressive Tense
The progressive tense is old to describe actions that are in progress at a circumstantial moment in time (the present). In English, it is the auxiliary verb “to be” and the present participle. In layperson damage, the “present participle” means verbs with “ing” attached to the end of the verb.
The present tense is old much more frequently in English than it is old in Spanish. As in Spanish, we consume it to talk about actions that are in progress “now” or “right now.” But in English, we also consume the present progressive tense to describe habitual actions or to communicate in general. For example:
I am living in the suburbs.
I am employed in the post office.
I am action Spanish lessons.
In Spanish, the present tense is old to emphasize that an action is action place now. But many Spanish grammar books do not indicate that thither is another consume for the present progressive tense. And that the present progressive tense can be old to accent that an action is continuous.
I learned this one from attempt and error. As embarrassing as it is to admit, a five year old little girl corrected my Spanish grammar. That’s how I found out.
The first time it happened it happened with an adult. I was trying to tell an adult that I am learning Spanish. Since the Spanish grammar books taught me that the Spanish present progressive tense is only old to describe actions that are in progress “right now,” I did not consume the present progressive tense to have that “I am learning Spanish.” Because I was not learning Spanish at that circumstantial moment. At that real moment, I was trying to talk to her in Spanish. So I said “Aprendo espa
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