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But did you know that there is also a present participle? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When something is happening now, you use the present tense. In French, there is also a more specific way to indicate that something is occurring at this moment: the present participle. You can recognize this form by the -ant suffix added to the verb.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Participe pr\u00e9sent<\/strong><br>The present participle directly describes a noun.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>J\u2019ai vu Martin achetant des pommes. (I saw Martin buying apples.) <\/li>\n<li>C\u2019est un livre traitant de l\u2019art contemporain. (It is a book about contemporary art.) <\/li>\n<li>Les gens buvant un verre dans le bar. (The people drinking a glass in the bar.) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>G\u00e9rondif<br><\/strong>The gerund is formed in the same way. 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