- 현재 일어나고 있는 동작(for an action happening now)
Why are you sitting at my desk? It is raining now.
- 말하는 시점에서는 일어나고 있지는 않지만 요즈음 일어나는 동작(for an action happening about this time but not necessarily at the moment of speaking)
I am reading a play by Shaw. He is teaching French and learning Greek.
- 가까운 미래의 약속(for a definite arrangement in the near future)
I am meeting Peter tonight. He is taking me to the theater. 이 경우에 행위의 시각이 명시되어야 현재와 미래가 혼동되지 않는다.
- 표시된 시각 이전에 발생하여 그 이후까지 지속되는 동작(with a point in time to indicate an action which begins before this point and probably continues after it)
At six I am bathing the baby.
cf. 일상적인 일이거나 극적 대화에서 쓰이기도 한다. They are flying over the desert when one of the engines fails.
- always와 함께 쓰여 짜증을 나타냄[with always for a frequently repeated action(annoying or unreasonable)]
Tom is always going away for weekends.(너무 자주 주말마다 외출한다) cf. Tom always goes away at weekends.(습관임을 단순히 나타냄)
- He is always doing homework.(시간을 너무 많이 소비함)
He always does his homework.(규칙적으로 함)
I always do that.(의도적인 습관적 행동) I am always doing that.(우연한 행위)
- 진행형을 쓰지 않는 경우
감각(sense): feel, hear, see, smell, notice 감정(feeling/emotion): adore, desire, detest, hate, love 지적활동(mental activity): agree, know, recognize, remember 소유(possession): belong, owe, down, possess 서법조동사(modla auxiliary): may, might, can, could, ... (be와 have는 서법조동사가 아님) 기타: appear(=seem), concern, consist, hold, matter, seem
- 감각동사가 진행형으로 쓰이면 동작이 강조된다(involuntary and deliberate verbs of the senses)
의도성이 없음(involuntary): see, hear, smell 의도적임(deliberate): listen, look, watch
It's a nuisance if the phone rings when you are watching an interesting program on TV. Why are you smelling the fish? Has it gone bad? (=sniff at) I smell gas. There must be a leak somewhere.
- think: 의견을 묻지 않을 때 진행형을 씀
What are you thinking about? cf. What do you think of it? (의견을 물음)
- be: 순간적으로 나타나는 특성을 표시}
You're being very clever today.(보통때는 명석하지 않음)
- have: I am having a bath.
- like(=enjoy): How are you liking this hot weather?
- expect(=awaiting): I am expecting a letter today.
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