Definition of 進行形 (しんこうけい)

しんこうけい

進行形

しんこうけい

shinkoukei

noun

progressive form(linguistics)

in progress (e.g. of a project)

Related Kanji

進	advance, proceed, progress, promote
行	going, journey, carry out, conduct, act, line, row, bank
形	shape, form, style

Example sentences(showing 2 results)

れいぶん

かこしんこうけい

ぶん

。

みな

しんこうけい

がくしゅう

、

おそ

The example is a past progressive tense sentence. How was everybody taught when they were learning about progressive tense

しんこうけい

ぶん

、

どうし

動詞

の

ing

けい

、

げんざいぶんし

In a progressive tense sentence it becomes the -ing form verb, that is the present participle