Present Continuous Tense

Present Continuous Tense ( Sadašnje Trajno Vreme )

Način građenja :

Gradi se od prezenta pomoćnog glagola To be + Present participle glavnog glagola . 
Present participle ( Sadašnji particip ) se gradi tako što na infinitiv glagola dodamo nastavak 'ing', a ako se infinitiv glagola završava na 'e',  onda prvo odbijamo  'e' od infinitiva i dodajemo nastavk 'ing'.

Proučite ovaj primer :

Jennifer is in her car. She is on her way to work.  

She is driving to work.

To znači : ona upravo vozi, znači baš sad dok pričamo se dešava radnja. Akcija nije završena .

Taj momenat trajne radnje, koja se dešava  baš sada je  Sadašnje trajno vreme.

Am/ Is/ Are + glagol + ing je Present Continuous

- You are working.

- Are you working ?

- You are not working.

Pomoćni glagol To be

• go+ing = going
• work+ing = working
• sleep + ing = sleeping

• i+am = i'm
• is+not = isn't
• are+not = aren't
• he+is = he's
• she+is = she's
• it+is = it's

* I/You/He/She/It - jednina
* We/You/They - mnozina

The Present Continuous se uglavnom koristi za nešto što se dešava u trenutku govora, nešto što traje i još se nije završilo:

• Turn down the music please. I'm trying to work.
• 'Where's Steve ?' ' He's having a dinner. '
• I am sitting down, because i am tired.
• They are  reading their lessons.

Nije neophodno da se radnja dešava u trenutku govora. Na primer:

Sophie is talking to a friend on the phone. She says: '' I'm watching a really good movie at the moment. It's about man who...''   

Sophie ne gleda film u trenutku govora, ona je počela da gleda ali nije završila još, u sred radnje je.

Evo još nekih sličnih primera :

• John wants to work in Spain, so he's learning Spanish (to ne mora da znači, da on uči španski u trenutku govora)
• Some friends of mine are building their own house. They hope to finish in next summer.

Present continuous koristimo i za  planove za budućnost, tada koristimo i vremenske priloge za budućnost:

-Today

-Tomorrow

-This week

-This year

-Next month , i tako dalje...

Primeri :

• She is staying at the Hotel Hilton tonight.
• He is teaching Italian this semester.
• I'm going to Paris next month.
• My brother is working hard today.