Another question about progressive in Italian
Buongiorno!
I have another question about the progressive in Italian. We have Present Progressive, Past Progressive, Future progressive, so I think the TIME (present, past, future) depends on the form of STARE and GERUND is always the same? Is that true? For example sto facendo, starò facendo, stava facendo etc.
Grazie molto!

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Another question about progressive in Italian
Buongiorno!
I have another question about the progressive in Italian. We have Present Progressive, Past Progressive, Future progressive, so I think the TIME (present, past, future)  depends on the form of STARE and GERUND is always the same? Is that true? For example sto facendo, starò facendo, stava facendo etc.
Grazie molto!

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Hi Sara,

that's correct. We only change "stare" and then add the gerund. Here are some examples:

- Cosa stai facendo?
- Sto preparando il pranzo.

- Marco è chiuso in camera sua da due ore. Cosa starà facendo?
- Non lo so. Probabilmente starà studiando o giocando con il computer.

- Ho provato a chiamarti tutta la mattina, ma non hai risposto.
- Scusa, ero in ufficio. Stavo finendo un lavoro importante e non potevo rispondere.

I hope this is helpful.

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Yes, gerund is always the same. Just the form of STARE changes

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Hello, yes the only part that you change in present, past or future is STARE. Gerund doesn't change :)