Bataan Peninsula State University

Balanga Campus
Balanga city Bataan

Advance Spanish
Past, Present progressive tense, and past participle form
Summary table

Submitted by: Kevin P. Villanueva

BAP-2B
BA Psychology

Submitted to: Professor Susan Laggui

Instructor in Advance Spanish

A.Y 2022-2023
 Past Progressive tense
To form the past progressive tense in Spanish, you need the following: Subject + imperfect tense
of the verb estar + another verb in the progressive tense, which ends in -ando, -iendo, or -yendo.

Subject/ pronouns Past progressive form Estar Examples

in Spanish
I WAS YO ESTABA estaba I was talking to you
estaba hablando
contigo
YOU WERE TU ESTABAS estabas you were on your feet
the whole game.
Tu estabas de pie todo
el juego.

HE/SHE WAS EL/ELLA ESTABA estabais He/she was eating a

sushi
El/ella estabais
comiendo un sushi
THEY WERE ELLOS\ELLA estaban they were going to the
ESTABAN beach this coming
Saturday

Ellos estaban a la playa

el proximo
sabado(feminine)

Ellas iban a la playa el

proximo
sabado(masculine)

estabamos we were going to the

procession in
commemoration of
semana santa
WE WERE NOSOTROS Nosotras estabamos a la
ESTABAMOS procesión en
conmemoración de la
semana santa
(feminine)

Nosotros estabamos a la
 procesión en
conmemoración de la
semana santa
( masculine)

Present Progressive tense

It's the Spanish term for the combination of estar + gerundio (like the English equivalent ending
in -ing). Although Spanish doesn't technically have a present progressive tense, the perífrasis
verbal plays a similar functional role to the present progressive in another language.

Subject/ Spanish Estar Endin Present Examples Examples Example

pronou Translatio g progressi of Ar of Er verbs s of Ir
ns n verbs ve forms verbs + +present verbs +
present progressive present
progressi forms proressiv
 ve forms e form
Aceptar Aprender Decidir
means to means to means to
accept learn decide
I Yo Estoy Ar Ando Estoy Estoy Estoy
aceptando apprendien Desidiend
I am do o
accepting I am I am
learning deciding
You Tu Estas -er iendo Esta Estas Estas
aceptando aprendiend desidiend
You are o o
accepting You are You are
learning deciding

He/she El/Ella Esta ir Esta Esta Esta

aceptando aprendiend desidiend
He/she is o o
accepting He/she is He/she
learning deciding
We Nosotros Estamo Estamos Estamos Estamos
s aceptando aprendiend desidiend
We are o o
accepting We are We are
learning deciding
You Vosotros estais Estais Estais Estais
aceptando aprendiend desidiend
you all o o
accepting You all are You all
learning deciding
They Ellos/ellas estan Estan Estan Estan
aceptando apreciendo decidiend
They are they are o they are
accepting learning deciding
 Past participle
The past participle in Spanish, all you have to do is drop the ending (-ar, -er or -ir) from the
Infinitive Verb and then add either -ado (if the ending of the verb was -ar) or -ido (if the ending
of the verb was either -er or -ir).

Subject/ Past participle Haber Regular Past Examples Example Example for
pronoun Spanish Ending participle of past for past past
verbs forms participles participle participle Ir
Ar Er
I Yo He Ar Ado He He He recibido
olvidado prometid I have
I have o received
 forgotten I have
promised
You Tu Has Er Ido Has Has Has recibido
olvidado prometid you have
I have o received
forgotten You have
promised
He/she El,ella,usted Ha Ir Ido Ha Ha Ha recibido
olvidado prometid He or she has
He or she o he or received
have she have
forgotten promised
We Nosotros/nosotras Hemos Ar, Ido Hemos Hemos Hemos
olvidado prometid recibido
We have o We have
forgotten We have received
promised
You Vosotros, Habeis Ir Ido Habeis Habeis Habeis
vosotras olvidado prometid recibido
They o You all have
have You all received
forgotten have
promised