In French, there is no Present Continuous tense like in English to describe ongoing actions. Instead, you will use Le Présent (Indicatif).
Learn how to use Le Présent (Indicatif) to talk about ongoing actions in French
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In French, you use Le Présent (Indicatif) to describe actions that are ongoing in the present, whereas in English we would use the Present Continuous tense for these actions (as opposed to the Present Tense).
Attention:
There is no equivalent of the Present Continuous tense in French, so for example, you can never translate I am working with Je suis travaillant. You use je travaille.
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