The present continuous in Spanish.
The present continous is used to speak about what is happening right now.
EG:
Juan está cantando - Juan is singing
Carmen está bailando. - Carmen is dancing
Pepe y Susana están leyendo. - Pepe and Susana are reading.
It is formed with the correct tense of the verb estar (to be) and the gerund.
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This is how we form the gerund in Spanish. The gerund is the "ing" after verbs.
- -ar verbs: -ando
Examples: hablando ("speaking"); cantando ("singing"); bailando ("dancing")
- -er verbs: -iendo
Examples: bebiendo ("drinking"); leyendo (with spelling change; "reading"); comprendiendo ("understanding")
- -ir verbs: -iendo
Examples: viviendo ("living"); sintiendo (with stem-vowel change; "feeling"); escribiendo ("writing")
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