Intro2Spanish.com
 
Web www.intro2spanish.com
Spanish Verb Conjugation: Indicative Mood
Introduction to Preterite Progressive Tense
©RCAguilar
OBJECTIVE:
Start communicating in Spanish about things that were going on ... at a very specific moment ...
TASK:
Use the verb "estar" in the preterite tense combined with the present participle of any verb you want to use!
PERPLEXED?
What were you doing at 4:13 am on Sunday, March 13, 2005?
Preterite Progressive Tense ...
It's a compound verb in a form that tells you:
It's on-going but at a very specific given moment in the past. It was happening as a process, but it's being related as a snapshot of the process. It's current for a second back then. It's a real activity in the past.
This tense describes an on-going process at a given moment... but in the past !!!
SITE INFO
SITE NAVIGATION
HOME
Spanish Studies
Pronunciation
Lessons
Numbers
Time
Date
Verbs
Verb Tenses
Verb Conjugation
Grammar
Gender
Grammar Terms
Pronouns
Reflexive
Vocabulary
Adjectives
Noun Cognates
Prepositions
Verb Lists
Vocabulary Lists
VERB CONJUGATION
Indicative Mood
Present Tense
Imperfect Tense
Preterite Tense
Future Tense
Conditional Tense
Compound Tenses
Progressive Tenses
Present Progressive
Imperfect Progressive
Preterite Progressive
Future Progressive
Conditional Progressive
Perfect Tenses
Perfect Progressive Tenses
Preterite Progressive
Progressive tenses use a form of "to be" along with the present participle of the verb or action stated. The participle form in English is the "---ing" form of a verb.
An English Verb Conjugated in the Preterite Progressive Tense
I was driving at that moment we were driving at that moment
you were driving at that moment y'all were driving at that moment
he, she, it was driving at that moment they were driving at that moment
Note that the only change in these tenses is what you do with the verb to be. The same thing will be true in Spanish.
The preterite progressive shows something on-going at a given moment in the past. There is an exact time reference for the process. Hence, it is normally used to provide information as an event that occurred during the "given moment." This tense can refer to any given length of time.
In Spanish, you use the verb estar (to be) along with the -ando or -iendo form of a verb.
AR verbs: -ando
ER & IR verbs: -iendo
For - AR verbs:
For putting an -ar verb into the preterite progressive, study the following chart where estar is conjugated in the preterite tense. You can substitute any -ar verb into the ---- (dashes) and attach the -ando ending to achieve the results in the right column.
preterite tense forms ofESTAR+present participleof the verb----- AR
estuve ----- ando At that very moment, I was ----- ing
estuviste ----- ando At that very moment, you were ----- ing
estuvo ----- ando At that very moment, he was ----- ing
estuvo ----- ando At that very moment, she was ----- ing
estuvo ----- ando At that very moment, you were ----- ing
estuvimos ----- ando At that very moment, we were ----- ing
estuvimos ----- ando At that very moment, we(ladies)were ----- ing
vosotros
 estuvisteis ----- ando At that very moment, y'all were ----- ing
vosotras
 estuvisteis ----- ando At that very moment, y'all (ladies) were ----- ing
estuvieron ----- ando At that very moment, they were ----- ing
estuvieron ----- ando At that very moment, they(ladies)were ----- ing
estuvieron ----- ando At that very moment, y'all were ----- ing
This is what was going on at a given moment, ... as one saw it [actually in progress] ...
For - ER verbs:
For putting ER verbs into the preterite progressive, study the following chart where estar is conjugated in the preterite tense. You can substitute any -er verb into the ---- (dashes) and attach the -iendo ending to achieve the results in the right column.
preterite tense forms ofESTAR+present participleof the verb----- ER
estuve ----- iendo At that very moment, I was ----- ing
estuviste ----- iendo At that very moment, you were ----- ing
estuvo ----- iendo At that very moment, he was ----- ing
estuvo ----- iendo At that very moment, she was ----- ing
estuvo ----- iendo At that very moment, you were ----- ing
estuvimos ----- iendo At that very moment, we were ----- ing
estuvimos ----- iendo At that very moment, we(ladies)were ----- ing
vosotros
 estuvisteis ----- iendo At that very moment, y'all were ----- ing
vosotras
 estuvisteis ----- iendo At that very moment, y'all (ladies) were ----- ing
estuvieron ----- iendo At that very moment, they were ----- ing
estuvieron ----- iendo At that very moment, they(ladies)were ----- ing
estuvieron ----- iendo At that very moment, y'all were ----- ing
This is what was going on at a given moment, ... as one saw it [actually in progress] ...
For - IR verbs:
For putting IR verbs into the preterite progressive, study the following chart where estar is conjugated in the preterite tense. You can substitute any -ir verb into the ---- (dashes) and attach the -iendo ending to achieve the results in the right column.
preterite tense forms ofESTAR+present participleof the verb----- IR
estuve ----- iendo At that very moment, I was ----- ing
estuviste ----- iendo At that very moment, you were ----- ing
estuvo ----- iendo At that very moment, he was ----- ing
estuvo ----- iendo At that very moment, she was ----- ing
estuvo ----- iendo At that very moment, you were ----- ing
estuvimos ----- iendo At that very moment, we were ----- ing
estuvimos ----- iendo At that very moment, we(ladies)were ----- ing
vosotros
 estuvisteis ----- iendo At that very moment, y'all were ----- ing
vosotras
 estuvisteis ----- iendo At that very moment, y'all (ladies) were ----- ing
estuvieron ----- iendo At that very moment, they were ----- ing
estuvieron ----- iendo At that very moment, they(ladies)were ----- ing
estuvieron ----- iendo At that very moment, y'all were ----- ing
This is what was going on at a given moment, ... as one saw it [actually in progress] ...