Verbul - Prezentul Continuu
Prezentul Continuu (Present Continuous Tense) este folosit pentru a exprima o actiune viitoare care a fost planificata in momentul prezentului.
Se formeaza din verbul to be la prezent si participiu prezent (forma -ing) a verbului de conjugat.
Afirmativ:
I am (I'm) playing football
You are (you're) playing football
He is (he's) playing tennnis
She is (she's) playing tennnis
We are playing football
You are playing football
They are playing football
Negativ:
I am not (I'm not) playing football
You are not (aren't) playing football
He is not (isn't) playing tennnis
She is not(isn't) playing tennnis
We are not playing football
You are not playing football
They are not playing football
Interogativ:
Am I playing football?
Are you playing football?
Is he playing football?
Is she playing football?
Are we playing football?
Are you playing football?
Are they playing football?
Formarea participiului:
- -y final se pastreaza, chiar daca e precedat de consoana sau vocala: (study) studying, (play) playing
In engleza britanica -l final se dubleaza, dar incea americana numai daca accentul cade pe ultima silaba - -ie final se transforma in -y: (die) dying, (lie) lying
- -e final se pierde: (have) having
exceptii: (see) seeing, (be) being - consoana finala se dubleaza daca vocala precedenta e scurta si accentuata: (stop) stopping
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