Estar Present Progressive Tense

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ESTAR PRESENT PROGRESSIVE

Estar isn’t only used as a stand alone verb, it is also used as an auxiliary verb for every other verb, including itself, when used in the present progressive tense.

For those of you that do not know how the present progressive is formed it is quite simple to explain, simply place the Gerund of a verb after the present tense of the verb estar. The gerund, also known as the present participle, is basically the Spanish version of the ‘-ing’ which we would place on the end of verbs in English to state that we are actually in the process of performing an action.

In Spanish, if you were to say – I am walking – whilst you were actually doing so, you would use the present progressive and say ‘Estoy andando‘. You should always remember that the present progressive should ONLY be used whilst actually performing an action and not to describe an action that has either been performed before or after the present time.

Although estar in the present progressive isn’t too difficult to master it can be made a great deal easier if you use a verb trainer such as the program called verbarrator.

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Estar Present Progressive Tense

Used in conjunction with the gerund of hablar the spanish verb that means to speak.

• estoy hablando I am speaking
• estás hablando you are speaking
• está hablando he/she is and, you are speaking
• estamos hablando we are speaking
• estáís hablando you are speaking
• están hablando they/you are speaking

Check out these other posts about using Estar:-

• Estar Present Tense
• Estar Imperfect
• Estar Preterite
• Conjugate Estar Future Tense
• Estar Subjunctive
• Estar Present Progressive
• Ser vs Estar

Estar Subjunctive Conjugation

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Estar in the Subjunctive, as with the the indicative, is extremely irregular in all tenses. The subjunctive as outlined in previous posts is used a lot more in Spanish than it is in English where it is rarely put to use. All tenses in the subjunctive estar are outlined below.

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Estar in the Subjunctive

Present Tense Subjunctive

• (yo)                                   esté
• (tú)                                    esté
• (él/ella/usted)             esté
• (nosotros/as)               estemos
• (vosotros/as)               estéis
• (ellos/ellas/ustedes) estén

Imperfect Tense Subjunctive

• (yo)                                   estuviera or estuviese
• (tú)                                    estuvieras or estuvieses
• (él/ella/usted)             estuviera or estuviese
• (nosotros/as)               estuviéramos or estuviésemos
• (vosotros/as)               estuvierais or estuvieseis
• (ellos/ellas/ustedes) estuvieran or estuviesen

Future Tense Subjunctive

• (yo)                                   estuviere
• (tú)                                    estuvieres
• (él/ella/usted)             estuviere
• (nosotros/as)               estuviéremos
• (vosotros/as)               estuviereis
• (ellos/ellas/ustedes) estuvieren

Other posts relating to the Spanish verb Estar:-

Estar Conjugation

• Estar Present Tense
• Estar Imperfect
• Estar Preterite
• Conjugate Estar Future Tense
• Estar Subjunctive
• Estar Present Progressive
• Ser vs Estar

Conjugate Estar Future Tense

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ESTAR FUTURE TENSE

Learning how to conjugate estar is quite hard on the whole but there are are few exceptions, one of these being the future tense of estar.

The future tense of estar, as well as the imperfect and the progressive tenses of estar, are regular in formation.

In estar future tense as with all other regular -ar verbs in this tense are formed using the infinitive of the verb plus an ending which are shown below.

Although estar future tense is not too difficult to learn the other irregular tenses are a little more testing, and will take a while to fully master, however, the use of a verb training tool such as the verbarrator, for which you can find a review here – verbarrator review, will help shorten the time it takes to learn verb conjugation and will also make it far more enjoyable to learn.

Estar Future Tense

• 1st person singular (yo)                                    estaré I will have
• 2nd person singular (tú)                                   estarás you will have
• 3rd person singular (él/ella/usted)             estará he/she and you will have

• 1st person plural (nosotros/as)                     estaremos we will have
• 2nd person plural (vosotros/as)                   estaréis you will have
• 3rd person plural (ellos/ellas/ustedes)      estarán they/you will have

More Blogposts about ESTAR:-

• Estar Present Tense
• Estar Imperfect
• Estar Preterite
• Conjugate Estar Future Tense
• Estar Subjunctive
• Estar Present Progressive
• Ser vs Estar

Estar Preterite Conjugation

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The preterite form of estar is an irregular formation which is important to learn, and learn well, as it will be used frequently right from the start of your studies.

It follows the same irregular pattern as the verb tener, meaning ‘to have‘, which can be checked out here – Tener Preterite.

Learning the irregular conjugations of any verb is difficult and will obviously take time to do but the whole process can be made far easier, and a lot more enjoyable, with the use of a good verb training tool. One of the best currently available (I know because I have a it!) is the verbarrator and I thoroughly endorse the use of it for achieving great results and quickly too!

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Estar Preterite Conjugation

• 1st person singular (yo)                                 estuve I was
• 2nd person singular (tú)                                estuviste you were
• 3rd person singular (él/ella/usted)          estuvo he/she was and, you were

• 1st person plural (nosotros/as)                  estuvimos we were
• 2nd person plural (vosotros/as)                estuvisteis you were
• 3rd person plural (ellos/ellas/ustedes)  estuvieron they/you were

Some further information about Estar:-

• Estar Present Tense
• Estar Imperfect
• Estar Preterite
• Conjugate Estar Future Tense
• Estar Subjunctive
• Estar Present Progressive
• Ser vs Estar

Estar Imperfect Conjugation: Learning the Imperfect Tense of Estar

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Estar Imperfect

The Imperfect tense of Estar is relatively straight forward to learn as long as you know how the past tense called the imperfect is formed in the regular conjugation for -ar verbs.

Most tenses for Estar are VERY irregular, unlike the imperfect ESTAR, and mastering them can be quite difficult but this can be made a great deal easier, not to mention far more enjoyable, by simply using a verb training tool such as the verbarrator for which you can find a review here – verbarrator review.

Estar Imperfect Conjugation

• 1st person singular (yo)                                 estaba I was being
• 2nd person singular (tú)                                estabas you were being
• 3rd person singular (él/ella/usted)          estaba he/she was being and, you were being
• 1st person plural (nosotros/as)                  estábamos we were being
• 2nd person plural (vosotros/as)                estabais you were being
• 3rd person plural (ellos/ellas/ustedes)  estaban they/you were being

Some blogposts relating to the conjugation of Estar:-

• Estar Present Tense
• Estar Imperfect
• Estar Preterite
• Conjugate Estar Future Tense
• Estar Subjunctive
• Estar Present Progressive
• Ser vs Estar

Estar Present Tense: The Conjugation of Estar in the Present Tense

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Estar present tense conjugation is one of those tenses that is extremely important to know well as it is used not only as a verb in it’s own right but as an auxilliary for every verb in the present progresive tense also.

Unfortunately, there is only one way to master estar present tense and that is with regular practice and plenty of use.

Fortunately, because of the number of times that you will be forced to use the present tense and, on a less frequent basis, the present progressive it is quickly remembered.

However, you can make learning the Present tense of estar a lot easier by utilizing a verb training tool such as the verbarrator which will not only help you master verb conjugation more easily and quickly but will help teach you how the verb is used in conversation with enjoyable verb drills. You can find out more about the verbarrator by reading my – verbarrator review.

Estar Present Tense Conjugation

(Irregular forms are in red.)

1st person singular (yo)                                estoy I am
2nd person singular (tú)                               estás you are
3rd person singular (él/ella/usted)         está he/she is and, you are

1st person plural (nosotros/as)                 estamos we are
2nd person plural (vosotros/as)               estáís you are
3rd person plural (ellos/ellas/ustedes) están they/you are

Here are some more blogposts relating to the Conjugation of Estar

• Estar Present Tense
• Estar Imperfect
• Estar Preterite
• Conjugate Estar Future Tense
• Estar Subjunctive
• Estar Present Progressive
• Ser vs Estar

Estar Conjugation – The Conjugation of Estar

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Mastering estar conjugation is of vital importance right from the start of your studies simply because the Spanish verb estar is used extensively from the start.

The conjugation of Estar is irregular in the present and preterite tenses in the indicative mood and in all of the tenses of the subjunctive so it makes sense to break down all of the conjugations of estar into individual posts each of which will cover a tense or mood. You will find learning estar conjugation much easier when doing so in smaller bitesize chunks rather than trying to master all the tenses at once and a list to all the respective posts is at the end of this post.

Estar is one of two Spanish verbs that mean ‘to be’ and is used when referring to position, location, action, condition and emotion. A good way to remember this is to remember the word PLACE; Ser, on the other hand, is used when referring to date, occupation, characteristics, time, origin and relation…remember the word DOCTOR!

Estar is also used as an auxilliary verb in the present progressive tense which is also covered in another post listed below. The one thing that you do need to know before going any further as it doesn’t really warrant a post all to itself are the past participle and the Gerund of Estar which are estado and estando respectively, they both follow the regular formation of stem plus -ado and stem plus -ando so shouldn’t be a problem to remember.

Estar Conjugation – Bitesize Information Posts!

• Estar Present Tense
• Estar Imperfect
• Estar Preterite
• Conjugate Estar Future Tense
• Estar Subjunctive
• Estar Present Progressive
• Ser vs Estar

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