# 06. The Present Progressive

- **Time range:** 00:23:19 – 00:26:08  (duration 00:02:49)
- **Source:** [A Complete Guide To Every Fundamental In Spanish (The Conclusion)](https://youtube.com/watch?v=YHDZSHCt1DE&t=1399s)

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**[00:23:19]** progressive in Spanish is the English

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> English Present Progressive: ¢ Verbs/Infinitives ending in -ing

**[00:23:21]** version of verbs ending in ing or as they're formally called infinitives infinitives are verbs that are placed

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> Infinitive Verbs placed after conjugated verbs that don't change form or slightly get modified

**[00:23:26]** after already conjugated verbs and so they don't change or slightly get modified with the present progressive if

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> to talk | am talking

**[00:23:31]** you want to use the verb to talk you would say I am talking by adding an ing to the infinitive I is the subject m is

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> to talk _ | am talking — Sub; + attive bjecy conjugated infin verb "to be" for wit the | pronoun

**[00:23:38]** the conjugated verb to be for the I pronoun and talking is the infinitive that gets the ing added to it both in

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> English & Spanish Present Progressive A continuous action being done in real time

**[00:23:43]** English and Spanish the present progressive indicates that an action is being done right now which means that there's progress happening in the present however the ing version of English looks different in Spanish at

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> Spanish Present Progressive:

**[00:23:53]** first if you want to start a sentence in the present progressive in Spanish you would begin by saying your esto which

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> Spanish Present Progressive: Yo estoy L I am

**[00:23:58]** means I am esto is actually an irregular

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> The Verb "Estar" - to be estoy

**[00:24:01]** conjugation of the yo pronoun said from the verb estar which means to be there

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> The Verb "Estar" - to be (Yo) estoy | (Nosotros) estamos (Tu) estas (Vosotros) estais (El) esta (Ellos) estan

**[00:24:05]** are different conjugations for this verb with different pronouns but the topic of this verb is for a future video in Spanish you have verbs ending in a r e r

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> Spanish Verb Endings e ar ending e er ending e ir ending

**[00:24:12]** and I but their infinitive version of the present progressive is actually quite easy to remember for verbs ending

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> Spanish Present Progressive ar ending Remove the ending and add -ando

**[00:24:17]** in AR you would want to remove the ending of the verb and then add the ending Ando using the verb abl in the

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> Spanish Present Progressive hablar - to speak

**[00:24:23]** present progressive you would say youro

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> Spanish Present Progressive hablar - to speak Yo estoy hablar

**[00:24:25]** remove the ending and then add Ando as

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> Spanish Present Progressive hablar - to speak Yo estoy hablando

**[00:24:27]** the ending of the infinitive so this way

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> Spanish Present Progressive Yo estoy hablando | am speaking

**[00:24:29]** you get EST which means I am speaking the same principle applies to the rest of the pronouns in any infinitive that you want to use but keep in mind that

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> The Verb "Estar" - to be (Yo) estoy | (Nosotros) estamos (Tu) estas (Vosotros) estais (El) esta (Ellos) estan

**[00:24:37]** there are six different conjugations for the verb estar which apply to their corresponding pronouns and as I said again the verb estar is for a future video for verbs ending in e r and I

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> Spanish Present Progressive er and ir ending Remove the ending and add -iendo

**[00:24:46]** remove the ending of the verb and then add the ending e Endo using and in the

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> Spanish Present Progressive comer - to eat vivir - to live

**[00:24:50]** present progressive you would say esto

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> Spanish Present Progressive comer - to eat vivir - to live Yo estoy comiendo Yo estoy viviendo

**[00:24:53]** and Y EST viendo which is I am eating

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> Spanish Present Progressive Yo estoy comiendo Yo estoy viviendo I am eating I am living

**[00:24:56]** and I am living the same principle applies to the rest of the pronouns and any infinitive that you want to use but once again remember to use the right conjugation of each pronoun at last you might encounter a few exceptions in Spanish where modifying some infinitives might require a bit more modification to make the verb sound better when spoken for instance you might see the verb which means to read and you would want

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> leer - to read: Yo estoy leiendo

**[00:25:15]** say but this would be a mistake in Spanish because Spanish has a rule that

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> leer - to read: Yo estoy leiendo

**[00:25:19]** says you cannot have three vowels next to each other so you have to modify one of them with a consonant to eliminate the repetitive pronunciation when the word is said so instead of saying Le Endo you would

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> leer - to read: Yo estoy leyendo I am reading

**[00:25:28]** say which means I am reading and the same concept applies to any pronoun you want to use you might also find this verb D which means to sleep and you would want to say y esto but because

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> dormir - to sleep: Yo estoy dormiendo

**[00:25:38]** dormir is a stem changing verb you have to change the stem of the verb to make its pronunciation sound better so instead of saying yo you would

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> dormir - to sleep: Yo estoy durmiendo I am sleeping

**[00:25:46]** Sayo which means I am sleeping and the same idea applies to the rest of the pronouns there is however another stem

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> decir - to say: Yo estoy deciendo

**[00:25:52]** changing verb in Spanish like which means to say you would want to Sayo but Spanish says that you have to change the stem of the verb to make it sound better so instead of saying Endo you would Sayo which would mean I am saying and

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> decir - to say: Yo estoy diciendo I am saying

**[00:26:05]** once again the same principle applies to the rest of the pronouns the verb estar
