🌟 Spanish Continuous Forms: Understanding Present Progressive Actions
En español, las acciones continuas en presente se llaman forma continua o forma progresiva. | In Spanish, the continuous actions in Present are called continuous form or progressive form.
📝 Introducción | Introduction
Las formas continuas son una de las perífrasis verbales (palabras unidas a un verbo para formar un solo sentido). Estas se refieren a acciones que están en progreso en el momento en que el hablante está narrando. Necesitan el verbo "estar" conjugado según el sujeto, más otro verbo terminado en "ando" o "endo", dependiendo de la naturaleza del verbo, sin importar si son regulares o irregulares.
The continuous forms are one of the verbal periphrasis (words joined to a verb in order to make one sense). They are based on those actions that are in progress by the time the speaker is narrating. They need the verb "estar" conjugated according to the subject, plus another verb ending in "ando", "endo", depending also on the nature of the verb, no matter if they are regular or irregular.
Algunos verbos cambian sus formas; "raíz" o "terminación", dependiendo de su naturaleza (forma regular o irregular).
Some verbs change their forms; "root", or "ending", depending on their nature (regular or irregular form).
🔄 Verbos Regulares e Irregulares | Regular and Irregular Verbs
Veamos y escuchemos algunos verbos regulares e irregulares. Luego, veamos sus cambios.
Let's see and listen to some regular and irregular verbs. Then, let's see their changes.
Verbos regulares en forma básica | Regular verbs in basic form:
| Español | English |
|---|---|
| cambiar | to change |
| llevar | to carry |
| sanar | to heal |
| cuidar | to care |
🔀 Formas de Perífrasis | Periphrasis Forms
Veamos los mismos verbos en forma de perífrasis: Es necesario agregar las terminaciones "endo", "ando".
Let's see the same verbs in periphrasis form: It is necessary to add the ending forms "endo", "ando".
| Español | English |
|---|---|
| cambiando | changing |
| llevando | carrying |
| sanando | healing |
| cuidando | caring |
✨ Nota Importante | Important Note
Terminan en "ando" porque sus formas terminales son "ar" en forma base.
They end in "ando" because their ending forms are "ar" in base form.
🔤 Verbos que Terminan en "er" | Verbs Ending in "er"
Veamos los que normalmente terminan en "er".
Let's see the ones that normally end in "er".
| Español | English |
|---|---|
| comer | to eat |
| poseer | to owe |
| leer | to read |
| ver | to see |
En forma de perífrasis (con "estar"), terminan en "endo" | In periphrasis form (with "estar"), they end in "endo":
| Español | English |
|---|---|
| comiendo | eating |
| poseyendo | owing |
| leyendo | reading |
| viendo | seeing |
⚠️ Observación | Observation
Como se ve arriba, algunos de ellos toman la letra "y" antes de la forma progresiva al final.
As seen above, some of them take the letter "y", before the progressive form at the end.
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