Meaning of 進行形(しんこうけい) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 進行形

Kana Reading しんこうけい

Romaji shinkōkei

Examples of 進行形, しんこうけい in a sentence

進行形の文では、動詞のing形、つまり現在分詞となります。

In a progressive tense sentence it becomes the -ing form verb, that is the present participle.
例文は過去進行形の文です。皆さんは進行形を学習するとき、どのように教わりましたか？

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

形 JLPT 3

7 strokes

shape, form, style

On'Yomi: ケイ, ギョウ

Kun'Yomi: かた, -がた, かたち, なり

進 JLPT 4

11 strokes

advance, proceed, progress, promote

On'Yomi: シン

Kun'Yomi: すす.む, すす.める

行 JLPT 5

6 strokes

going, journey

On'Yomi: コウ, ギョウ, アン

Kun'Yomi: い.く, ゆ.く, -ゆ.き, -ゆき, -い.き, -いき, おこな.う, おこ.なう

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