Glagol TO BE (biti) + (NOT) + glagol s končnico –ing.
Končni e-ji odpadejo. Kratkim glagolom, ki se končajo na samogl. + sogl., se končni sogl. podvoji (glej primere spodaj). Sprega se samo glagol TO BE, glagol s končnico –ing pa ostaja nespremenjen.
Primer: to write - pisati
Trdilna oblika:
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'm (am) |
writing her homework at the moment. |
You |
're (are) |
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He |
's (is) |
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She |
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Vprašalna oblika:
Am |
I |
writing at the moment?
coming home tomorrow? |
Are
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Is
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Nikalna oblika:
I |
'm not |
writing at the moment.
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aren't
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isn't
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Npr. glagolom stop, sit, fit, grab itd. se končne črke morajo podvojiti:
The car is stopping.
We are sitting still.
Glagoli s končnico –r in –l podvojijo –r in –l pred -ing, npr.:
to refer – he is referring
to travel – we are travelling.
Ta čas se rabi za:
1. trenutna dejanja (v trenutku govorjenja):
I’m eating at the moment.
She’s watching TV right now.
2. začasna dejanja v sedanjosti, npr:
This week, I’m reading an interesting book.
(Ni nujno, da to knjigo berem v trenutku, ko izgovorim ta stavek.)
3. načrtovana (fiksno določena) dejanja v bližnji prihodnosti, npr.:
We’re meeting with some friends next week.
I’m seeing my doctor tomorrow.
My aunt is coming to visit us next month.
4. za izražanje neprijetnosti, čeprav govorimo o ponavljanju/navadah (kjer je praviloma Present Simple); npr.
He’s always asking me to lend him some money!
She’s being silly all the time!
That dog is always barking at me! I hate that.
5. izražanje nenehnih procesov/nenehne dinamike na svetu, npr.
Human population is growing fast.
People in poor countries are dying at an alarming speed.
Tipični časovni izrazi za ta čas: at the moment, now, right now, this week/month/year, tomorrow, next week/month/year in podobno. Taki izrazi torej izražajo trenutnost ali načrtovanost.
Posebnost so glagoli die (umreti), lie (lagati/ležati) in tie (zavezati), ki imajo obliko na –ying: dying, lying in tying.
Glagoli, ki ponavadi ne dobijo –ing:
know, see, mean, like, hate, remember, understand, dislike, excuse, pardon, hear, smell in še nekateri. Torej to so predvsem glagoli, ki izražajo čustva, čutne zaznave, umske procese ter stanja.
Napačno: I’m knowing the answer. Pravilno: I know the answer.
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