{"id":438,"date":"2015-09-28T20:20:41","date_gmt":"2015-09-28T20:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.candelalearning.com\/spanish1oli\/?post_type=chapter&p=438"},"modified":"2015-10-12T20:03:25","modified_gmt":"2015-10-12T20:03:25","slug":"funciones-hablar-de-acciones-continuas","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/umes-spanish\/chapter\/funciones-hablar-de-acciones-continuas\/","title":{"raw":"Hablar de acciones continuas","rendered":"Hablar de acciones continuas"},"content":{"raw":" \r\n
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Bernarda<\/td>\r\n\"Play \u00bfQu\u00e9 est\u00e1s haciendo?<\/a><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Alonso<\/td>\r\n\"Play Estoy viendo televisi\u00f3n.<\/a><\/span>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\n\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"240\"]\"girl Foto: Edwart Visser CC BY 2.0[\/caption]\r\n\r\n
<\/div><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\nIn addition to expressing the location of places, people, and things, estar<\/span> has other important and useful functions. With the verb estar<\/span>, you will be able to express actions as they occur, or are in progress. So, in order to say what you are doing in a given moment, or what anyone else is doing, you will be using the verb estar<\/span> to form the expressions that allow you to say \"I am studying,\" or \"My mom is talking on the phone.\" Thus, with the verb estar<\/span>, you will be able to very vividly describe actions in progress.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\"Play Manuel est\u00e1 comiendo.<\/a><\/span><\/td>\r\n\"man<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
\"Play Vicente y Carina est\u00e1n bailando.<\/a><\/span><\/td>\r\n\"man<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n ","rendered":"

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Bernarda<\/td>\n\"Play \u00bfQu\u00e9 est\u00e1s haciendo?<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alonso<\/td>\n\"Play Estoy viendo televisi\u00f3n.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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In addition to expressing the location of places, people, and things, estar<\/span> has other important and useful functions. With the verb estar<\/span>, you will be able to express actions as they occur, or are in progress. So, in order to say what you are doing in a given moment, or what anyone else is doing, you will be using the verb estar<\/span> to form the expressions that allow you to say “I am studying,” or “My mom is talking on the phone.” Thus, with the verb estar<\/span>, you will be able to very vividly describe actions in progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
\"Play Manuel est\u00e1 comiendo.<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n\"man<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Play Vicente y Carina est\u00e1n bailando.<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n\"man<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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