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Do you remember the Do you remember the present progressive?present progressive?
It’s used when a person It’s used when a person wants to say that an wants to say that an action is happening “right action is happening “right now.”now.”
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It uses the present tense of estar + the present participle.
No puedo ir al cine. Estoy estudiando para el examen.
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To describe something that was taking place over a period of time in the past, use the imperfect progressive, which uses the imperfect tense of estar + the present participle.
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Estaba esquiando cuando me caí y me rompí la pierna.
I was skiing when I fell and broke my leg.
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The present and imperfect progressive tenses use the same irregular present participles.
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Remember, to form the present participle of -ir stem-changing verbs, e changes to i and o changes to u:
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decir?diciendopedir?pidiendorepetir?repitiendo
seguir?siguiendoservir?sirviendovestir?vistiendo
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dormir?DurmiendoMorir?Muriendo
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For the following -er verbs, the I of -iendo changes to y:
creer? creyendo leer? leyendo
•traer?•Trayendo•Influir?•Influyendo
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When you use pronouns with the imperfect progressive, you can put them before estar or attach them to the participle.
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¿Qué estaba haciendo cuando te cortaste?
Estaba afeitándome. Or Me estaba afeitando.
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Note that the imperfect progressive describes what was taking place while the preterite tells a specific occurence in the past or interrupts the action.
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Ella estaba corriendo cuando se lastimó el tobillo.