THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE
Present Continuous Tense (Sadašnje trajno vreme) se gradi od glagola TO BE u Present Simple Tense-u (Prostom sadašnjem vremenu), tj. is /am /are+ Present Participle (sadašnji particip) glavnog glagola.Sadašnji particip se gradi kada se na infinitiv doda nastavak –ing:
go – going
sleep – sleeping
work – working
Ako se glagol završava jedanim suglasnikom ispred kojeg stoji kratak, naglašen samoglasnik, krajnji se suglasnik ispred –ing udvostručava. Npr.:
hit – udariti particip: hitting
stop – prestati particip: stopping
permit – dopustiti particip: permitting
begin – početi particip: beginning
Ako se glagol završava samoglasnikom -e koji se nalazi ispred suglasnika, onda se -e uklanja i dodaje se nastavak -ing. Npr:
come-doći praticip: coming
write-pisati particip: writing
Ako se glagol završava samoglasnicima -ie, onda se oni transformišu u -y i dodaje se nastavak -ing.
lie-ležati, lagati particip: lying
Krajnje –l se uvek uvostručava.Npr.:
travel – putovati particip: travelling
Potvrdni oblik
Jednina (singular) | Množina (plural) |
I am working – Ja radim | We are working – Mi radimo |
You are working – Ti radiš | You are working – Vi radite |
He is working – On radi |
They are working – Oni rade |
Upitni oblik – Yes/No questions
Jednina (singular) | Množina (plural) |
Am I working? – Da li ja radim? | Are we working? – Da li mi radimo? |
Are you working? – Da li ti radiš? | Are you working? – Da li vi radite? |
Is he working? – Da li on radi? |
Are they working? – Da li oni rade? |
Na Yes/No pitanja se odgovara kratkim odgovorima (Short answers) na sledeći način:
Am I working? – Yes, I am / No, I`m not Are we working? - Yes, we are / No, we aren’t
Are you working? – Yes, you are / No, you aren’t. Are you working? – Yes you are / No, you aren’t
Is he working? – Yes, he is / No, he isn’t Are they working? –Yes, they are / No, they aren’t
Is she working? – Yes, she is / No, she isn’t
Is it working? – Yes, it is / No, it isn’t
Upitni oblik – Wh- questions
Jednina (singular) | Množina (plural) |
Where am I working? – Gde ja radim? | Where are we working? – Gde mi radimo? |
Where are you working? – Gde ti radiš? | Where are you working? – Gde vi radite? |
Where is he working? – Gde on radi? Where is she working? – Gde ona radi Where is it working? – Gde ono radi? |
Where are they working? – Gde oni rade? |
Odrični oblik
Jednina (singular) | Množina (plural) |
I am not (I`m not) working – Ja ne radim | We are not (aren`t) working – Mi ne radimo |
You are not (aren`t) working – Ti ne radiš | You are not (aren`t) working – Vi ne radite |
He is not (isn`t) working – On ne radi |
They are not (aren`t) working – Oni ne rade |
Upotreba: Present Continuous Tense (Sadašnje trajno vreme) se koristi za:
· Radnju koja se dešava u trebutku govora, te se stoga uz njega često nalaze vremenske odrednice now (sada) i at the moment (u ovom trenutku).
She is reading a book at the moment. (Ona trenutno čita knjigu.)
Look! She is dancing. (Pogledaj! Ona pleše.)
· Planove vezane za budućnost.
I am visiting my sister next weekend. (Sledećeg vikenda ću posetiti svoju sestru.)
She is travelling to Italy next month. (Ona će putovati u Italliju sledećeg meseca.)