{"id":67,"date":"2007-08-28T09:18:44","date_gmt":"2007-08-28T13:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=67"},"modified":"2014-07-18T15:48:21","modified_gmt":"2014-07-18T15:48:21","slug":"present-progressive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/present-progressive\/","title":{"rendered":"Present Progressive"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Present Progressive<\/strong> or Continual Present<\/strong> tense is very useful and easy to form in Portuguese. This tense represent ongoing action<\/em> in the present; its counterpart in English is the construction [subject] is [verb] – ing<\/em> for example: I am running<\/em><\/p>\n

To form this tense in Portuguese, all you need to do is employ the verb estar<\/strong> and the gerund<\/strong> of the verb you wish to use. One forms the gerund in Portuguese by dropping the ending (-ar, -er, -ir) and adding -ando, -endo, -indo<\/strong> respectively.<\/p>\n

Some examples:
\nEstou falando<\/strong>; I am speaking<\/em>
\nEle est\u00e1 indo<\/strong>; He is going<\/em>
\nO presidente est\u00e1 mandando<\/strong>;The president is ordering<\/em>
\nA familia est\u00e1 despedindo<\/strong>;The family is saying goodbye<\/em>
\nEla est\u00e1 treinando<\/strong>;She is training<\/em>
\nVoc\u00ea est\u00e1 fazendo<\/strong>;You are doing<\/em><\/p>\n


\nThis form is one where the continental (European) form is different from the Brazilian. In Portugal, the presente cont\u00ednuo<\/strong> is comprised of the verb estar<\/strong> plus a<\/strong> and the infinitive<\/strong>. An example would be: Voc\u00ea est\u00e1 a escrever<\/strong>? Are you writing<\/em>.<\/p>\n

This difference is one of the first things to jump out at a student of Brazilian Portuguese when hearing continental Portuguese for the first time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Present Progressive or Continual Present tense is very useful and easy to form in Portuguese. This tense represent ongoing action in the present; its counterpart in English is the construction [subject] is [verb] – ing for example: I am running To form this tense in Portuguese, all you need to do is employ the…<\/p>\n

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