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Chapter 5
¿Dónde vives?
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Expressing ongoing actions
Present progressive
pp. 167–169
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En este momento / ahora mismo
(Right now)
In Spanish, the present progressive can only
express what is happening right now.
Estoy hablando español ahora mismo.
I am speaking Spanish right now.
Está cantando.
(cantar)
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¿Qué está haciendo la niña?
(beber/leche)
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¿Qué está haciendo el violinista?
Está subiendo
la escalera.
(subir/escalera)
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Some irregular verbs
When the stem of an -er and -ir verb ends
in a vowel, the “i” of the ending “iendo”
changes to “y”
leyendo
er
Estoy leyendo el cuento.
trayendo
er
Está leyendo
el menú.
(leer/menú)
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Stem-changing -ir verbs
(o > ue, e > ie, e > i)
For certain -ir verbs only, there are special changes
in the stem when the participle is formed. The
changes will be indicated as shown in parentheses:
dormir (ue, u)
El niño está durmiendo tranquilamente.
mentir (ie, i)
Los niños están mintiendo.
servir (i, i)
Papá está sirviendo la comida.
Similar changes occur with all stem-changing -ir
verbs.
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¿Qué está haciendo la señorita?
Está pidiendo
la comida.
(pedir/comida)
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Unlike English, the present
progressive cannot be used to
express future actions
In Spanish we say:
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¡A practicar!
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¿Qué están haciendo los jóvenes?
(mirar/película
de terror)
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¿Qué están haciendo los
futbolistas?
(jugar/fútbol)
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¿Qué está haciendo el joven?
(escribir/nota)
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¿Qué estamos haciendo en la
biblioteca?
(estudiar)
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¿Qué está haciendo la estudiante?
(caminar)
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¿Qué está haciendo la señorita?
Está escogiendo
un libro.
(escoger/libro)
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¿Qué están haciendo los novios?
Están bailando.
(bailar)
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¿Qué está haciendo la cocinera?
(hacer/pizza)
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¿Qué están haciendo los
muchachos?
(almorzar)
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¿Qué está haciendo la muchacha?
(ver/televisión)
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¿Qué está haciendo el vendedor?
(vender/sombreros)
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¿Qué está haciendo la señorita?
(correr)
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¿Qué está haciendo la señora?
(traer/la comida)
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¿Qué están haciendo los
estudiantes?
(discutir)
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¿Qué está haciendo el señor?
(oír/música)
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¿Qué está haciendo el banquero?
(contar/dinero)
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¿Qué está haciendo el joven?
(dormir)
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