Spanish 3: 2.1

• Please be sure that all of unit 1 work has been submitted! Please make a plan to have it submitted (if it hasn't yet) by the end of the week!

• ​Assignments: 2.1.3, 2.1.8 (quizzes) and 2.1.11 practice are due 2/28/23

• review present perfect

• discuss present progressive​

​English: have or has plus a verb in the past

• ​past tense in addition to preterite and imperfect

• have or has + verb (ex. I have eaten or she has eaten)​

• uses haber (auxillary verb) + past participle (-ado, -ido)​

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English: am, is, are 'doing something'

​In both Spanish and English, the present progressive tense is used to talk about actions that are going on right now. In English, the present progressive tense involves a form of 'to be' and a verb form ending in '-ing.'

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In Spanish, it is formed with the verb estar and a present participle

To form the present progressive tense in Spanish, take the form of estar that agrees with the subject, and follow it with the present participle.

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​For -ar verbs, remove the -ar ending and add -ando.For -er and -ir verbs, remove the -er or -ir ending and add -iendo.

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In sentences that have object pronouns (direct, indirect, or reflexive object pronouns), the pronoun can be placed either before the form of estar or after (and attached to) the present participle

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For example:

Lo estamos comprando. Estamos comprándolo.

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There's no difference in meaning involved here; both sentences mean exactly the same thing.​