SPAN 3051 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: La Catedral, La Boca, Fire Hydrant
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I"m not going to see him again: progressive tenses. The progressive tense indicates an action that is ongoing. It is formed by using estar (in any tense) with a present participle. Present participles are formed by dropping the ending of the verb, and adding the following endings to the stem: A few irregular present participles are: poder - pudiendo, dormir - durmiendo, sentir - sintiendo, venir. This verb does not mean to possess (that is tener); but it is used in perfect tenses as an auxiliary verb: present & past perfect. The present perfect tense is a compound tense using haber with a past participle. (haber is only used as a helping verb; it is never used to show possession. ) This tense can be translated as "have/has + past participle. " Please note that the preterite tense is used more often than the present perfect when expressing the past, especially in latin america.
