Jun 11, 2021 · To form progressive verbs in mainstream Persian, the past & present tense of the verb "داشتن/to have" is used. according to this paper, (the link was provided by Qureshpor in this thread) this style of combining داشتن as an auxiliary with another verb, was first seen in written Persian around 130 years ago and also that it was most ...

May 24, 2014 · Hi egy.abi.73, Present Progressive and Present Continuous are two names given to the same tense (which is actually called Present Participle), i.e. the combination of the verb to be in Present Simple tense and another verb in its '-ing' form: The price of oil is rising.

May 11, 2020 · Yes, this sentence is correct. These days can go with present progressive. Peter has been working in the factory these days. The above sentence is also correct. The sentence with present continuous, or present progressive, would be less usual or less common. It comes across as emphatic, at least somewhat.

Feb 8, 2010 · When is it appropriate to use present tense or present progressive tense? I was informed that I can use both tenses to describe when I am performing an action at that moment. For example: "Miro televisión" or "Mirando televisión" What is the difference?

Feb 22, 2010 · Deny80 was asking about the use of the present continuous tense with frequency adverbs to express annoyance.... EDIT: Phew, thanks, biblio - good to see we agree! LV4-26

Feb 4, 2011 · This really is quite difficult to get spot on. To transmit exactly the same idea as the English I agree with estoy de compras, but we had to eliminate that possibility because of the requirement of using the present progressive. Estoy yendo de compras, as has been pointed out, refers to the journey to the shops, not the action of shopping itself.

Oct 18, 2018 · I’m posting here hoping you all can help me help my student better understand the present tense of to be vs the present progressive. I made a PowerPoint with explanations, examples, and hopefully-accurate translations of those. She still keeps trying to just use “am/is/are”, though, in situations where she needs to use the present ...

May 16, 2013 · Hola, Think. Maybe that someone means that one can write, say, a whole short story in the Present Simple (which is one of the two narrative tenses of English, the other one being the Past Simple), whereas one would have a very, very hard time writing it using only the Present Progressive (which is not a narrative tense but rather a descriptive tense).

Apr 2, 2017 · Those are called "linking verbs". Those are the ones with the restriction (we don't use them in present continuous). However, the verbs that you list in the title (look, sound, taste, feel, smell) are part-timers: in some sentences they are "linking verbs" and in other sentences they are normal "action verbs", and can use present continuous.

Jul 18, 2015 · (There's nothing wrong with "I'm having a good time," but "enjoying" is extremely common in the present continuous) At this every moment, for example, I'm enjoying a cup of Starbuck's coffee as it is 0612 here. ) There are some, however, who claim that the present continuous should not be used with "states."