Present Continuous Tense

 

The present continuous tense: form 

We make the present continuous tense with the verb ‘to be’ and the –ing form of the verb(the present participle). 

Kohen e tashme te vazhduar e formojme me foljen ‘ to be’ dhe formen –ing te foljes (pjesoren e te tashmes)

 

  Examples 

I’m watching TV. She’s playing tennis. They’re having lunch. 

I’m not watching  TV. She isn’t playing tennis. They aren’t having lunch. 

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The present simple tense and the present continuous tense: use 

We use the present simple tense to describe regular events or permanent states . We use the present continuous tense to say what is happening at the moment. 

Ne perdorim kohen e tashme per te pershkruar ngjarje te rregullta ose gjendje te perhershme. 

Ne perdorim kohen e tashme te vazhduar per te thene cfare po ndodh tani/ne momentin qe flasim. 

   Examples 

I’m working late today. I usually work late on Wednesdays. 

She’s singing a song now. She sings well. 

  Some verbs are not normally used in the continuous form even when they refer to the present     moment. They are: 

-Verbs of liking and disliking : like, love , prefer, hate, want, wish,need. 

-verbs that describe a mental activity : think, imagine, believe,know, realize, mean, understand,remember,suppose ,feel , hope, see. 

-verbs of appearance  : be, seem, appear, look, sound, taste, smell, feel. 

-verbs that describe a permanent state : belong to, contain, include, matter, owe, own. 

Disa folje normalisht nuk perdoren ne kohen e tashme te vazhduar edhe kur ato I referohen momentit aktual. Ato jane: 

-foljet e pelqimit dhe mospelqimit 

-foljet qe pershkruajne nje veprimtari mendore 

-fojlet e paraqitjes 

-foljet qe pershkruajne gjendje te perhershme.