continuous tense

💡 Grammar Rule

Expressing the Progressive in German Unlike English, German does not have a dedicated grammatical tense for progressive actions (like "is doing" ...

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What are you doing right now?

Was machst du gerade?

I’m answering my office emails.

Ich beantworte gerade meine Büro-E-Mails.

I was just about to call you.

Ich war gerade dabei, dich anzurufen.

What a coincidence! I was thinking about you too.

Was für ein Zufall! Ich habe auch gerade an dich gedacht.

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