{"id":275,"date":"2021-01-13T14:59:31","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T14:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oneonta-spanish1-2-print-sp2021\/chapter\/introduction-to-estas-caminando-ahora\/"},"modified":"2021-08-09T18:26:03","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T18:26:03","slug":"introduction-to-estas-caminando-ahora","status":"web-only","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oneonta-spanish1-2-print-sp2021\/chapter\/introduction-to-estas-caminando-ahora\/","title":{"raw":"11.2 \u00bfEst\u00e1s caminando ahora?","rendered":"11.2 \u00bfEst\u00e1s caminando ahora?"},"content":{"raw":"When we talk about the present, people often refer to their present life using the present tense: \"I work at the supermarket.\" However, there is another verb tense for the continuous present, the <strong>present progressive tense<\/strong>, which is used to create a greater sense of continuity or ongoing action.\r\n\r\nIn English, the present progressive tense (or present continuous tense\u2014it's the same thing) is formed by combining the verb \"to be\" with the present participle: for instance, \"I am working.\"*\u00a0 So:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Present tense: <em>I work.<\/em><\/li>\r\n \t<li>Present progressive\/continuous tense: <em>I am working.<\/em><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nIn Spanish, the present progressive tense functions similarly:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Present tense: <em><span lang=\"es\">Trabajo.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\r\n \t<li>Present tense: <em><span lang=\"es\">Estoy trabajando.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nNote that Spanish always uses\u00a0<span lang=\"es\"><em>estar<\/em><\/span>\u00a0with the present progressive. 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