How does present indicative and present progressive work in Japanese? Hello everyone, I want to know how do present indicative and present progressive phrases function in Japanese? For example: I read. (Action I do on a regular basis) I am reading. (Action I am doing in the present) Let's say in Japanese I wrote the following: 読みます. 読んで います. Is there a difference in using progressive, is using progressive in Japanese the same as using it in English? Thank you for helping, どうもありがとう.