The title of the page is: forming el Imperfecto Progresivo con estar + gerundio but the next paragraph jumps to the Pretérito Imperfecto:
“In the case of El Pretérito Imperfecto, this is how the progressive tense is formed.”
Is the pretérito imperfecto and the imperfecto progresivo the same tense, just a different name?
Thank you.
Frankie
Hola Frankie
No, it refers to different things each time.
Each tense has a progressive form, for example:
The present tense: yo trabajo-> The present progressive: yo estoy trabajando
The pretérito imperfecto: yo trabajaba -> The imperfect progressive: yo estaba trabajando
etc
So we call El Pretérito Imperfecto or simply El Imperfecto to: trabajaba, caminaba, bebía, comía...
And El (Pretérito) Imperfecto Progresivo to the progressive form of the above:
estaba trabajando, estaba caminando, estaba bebiendo, estaba comiendo...
Here is a link with the progressive tenses. Have a look
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