present continuous

English

Noun

Examples
I am painting this wall.

present continuous (uncountable)

1. (grammar) A tense that describes an ongoing action in the present. In English it is formed by use of a form of be with a present participle.

Synonyms

• present progressive

Related terms

• past continuous
• present perfect continuous
• present tense

Translations

tense that describes an ongoing action in the present

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 現在進行時／现在进行时 (xiànzài jìnxíng shí)

• Dutch: duurvorm onvoltooid tegenwoordige tijd (d.o.t.t.) m
• Finnish: kestopreesens (fi)
• French: présent progressif (fr) m, présent continu (fr) m
• German: Verlaufsform der Gegenwart
• Hungarian: folyamatos jelen
• Italian: presente progressivo m
• Japanese: 現在進行形 (shinkōkei)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: одоо үргэлжлэх цаг (odoo ürgelžlex cag)

• Polish: czas teraźniejszy ciągły m
• Russian: настоя́щее продо́лженное вре́мя n (nastojáščeje prodólžennoje vrémja), настоя́щее дли́тельное вре́мя n (nastojáščeje dlítelʹnoje vrémja)
• Turkish: şimdiki zaman (tr)
• Vietnamese: thì hiện tại tiếp diễn