進行形 – vocab dash

進しん行こう形けい

Meanings

Noun

1. progressive form

No-adjective

2. in progress; ongoing; underway

Kanji used

進advance 行go 形shape

Pitch accent

しんこうけい

Composed of

進しん行こう

moving forward (e.g. of a vehicle); onward movement; progress (of work, activities, etc.); advance; making headway; progression (of a disease, global warming, etc.); progression (e.g. chord progression)

Noun

形けい

form; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)

Suffix

Examples2

進しん行こう形けいの文ぶんでは、動どう詞しのing形けい、つまり現げん在ざい分ぶん詞しとなります。

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

例れい文ぶんは過か去こ進しん行こう形けいの文ぶんです。皆みなさんは進しん行こう形けいを学がく習しゅうするとき、どのように教おそわりましたか？

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