Present Progressive Tense

1. Present Progressive Tense &
Demonstrative Adjectives

2. Present Progressive Tense
The present progressive tense is how
you will say the "ing" sound in English
and describe what you are doing right
now: I am walking, he is sitting and
they are spitting.
To communicate this way you need 2
things:
1) a conjugated form of estar
2) a verb with -ando (-ar ending
verbs) or -iendo (-er & -ir ending
verbs at the end
Check this out noticing the numbers from
above:
Yo (1) estoy (2) comiendo. I am eating
El (1) está (2) cantando. He is singing.
This is different from yo como = I eat and
él canta = he sings
-ar verbs: nadar = nadando = swimming
jugar = jugando = playing
-er verbs: comer = comiendo = eating
-ir verbs: vivir = viviendo = living

3. 1) a conjugated form of estar
Estar = to be for locations and temporary
conditions
Conjugations:
Yo estoy
Tú estás
Èl/ella/usted está
Nosotros estamos
vocotros estáis
Ellos/ellas están

4. Demonstrative Adjectives ~
This & These
Close To You/Speaker ~ You Can
Touch It
este (this masculine) = this
esta (this feminine) = this
estos (these) = these
estas (these feminine) = these
Examples:
Me gusta esta serpiente. (Snake is
feminine so it must be esta.)
Me gustan estas serpientes. (Snakes are
feminine and plural so it must be estas.)
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/wild/episodes
/snake-underworld/

5. 2) a verb with -ando (-ar ending
verbs) or -iendo (-er & -ir ending)
-ar verbs: nadar = nadando = swimming
jugar = jugando = playing
-er verbs: comer = comiendo = eating
-ir verbs: vivir = viviendo = living

Escribir

Cantar

Hablar

Correr

Escuchar

Ver

6. Demonstrative Adjectives ~
That & Those
Farther From You/Speaker ~ Over
There
ese (that masculine) = that
esa (that feminine) = that
esos (thosemasculine) = those
esas (those feminine) = those
Les gustan esas vacas.
Me gusta esa vaca.
http://dealbreaker.com/2011/09/could-moodys-
saying-bofa-is-not-too-big-to-fail-make-bofa-not-
too-big-to-fail/cows-curious/

7. Demonstrative Adjectives ~
That & Those (Over Yonder)
Farthest From You/Speaker ~ WAY
Over There
aquel (that masculine) = that
aquella (that feminine) = that
aquellas (those feminine) = those
aquellos (those masculine) = those
Yo prefiero aquella vaca.
Aquella vaca
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cows_and_calf.JPG