Stative Verbs

Because the stative verbs are NOT used on a continuous form. And when I say continuously, I mean all those tenses which take the form -ing for training (continuous present, past continuous, ongoing future ...) That is:

I want to eat now
"Now": Remember that this adverb of time was linked to the use of the present continuous. Well, the adverb tells me that, in theory, should use the present continuous verb BUT being employed, "want", belongs to the list of static verbs. Therefore, I must decantarme his way this simple. Hence we see in the example sentence "I want" and not "I'm wanting".

So, to avoid mistakes, we should know which verbs included in the list of static:

To make things easier when studying these verbs, I divide in:

1.        State verbs 

They are that kind of verbs that express opinions, agree / disagree and mental states:

Think, believe, agree, disagree, know, mean, understand, feel, doubt, depend, remember, seem, look (=parecer), appear, concern, …

• Yes, I understand it now!  

2.      Verbs expressing preferences

Like, dislike, love, hate y prefer…  

• I don´t like horror films

3.      Verbs of perception

See, hear, sound, smell, taste, imagine, recognize…

• This food tastes good  

 4.       Verbs of possession

Have, own, possess, belong… 

• This book belongs to Peter

5.      Verbs expressing needs

Need, want, wish, …

• I need some help

6.       Verbs indicating measures

Weigh, contain, …

• This bottle contains milk

Mixtos

There are mixed verbs they can be both static and dynamic: have, think, see, taste, smell y be.

Lets see them in the examples

• You have a beautiful house–>Tienes una casa preciosa
• I’m having a lot of fun–>Me lo estoy pasando muy bien
• I think you are wrong–>Pienso que estás equivocado
• What are you thinking?–>¿En qué estás pensando?
• I see your point of view–>Entiendo tu punto de vista
• I’m seeing the doctor this afternoon–>Veré al médico esta tarde
• This soup tastes good–>Esta sopa sabe bien
• I’m tasting the soup to check the salt–>Estoy probando la sopa para comprobar la sal
• You perfume smells terrible–>Tu perfume huele fatal

With the verb To be 

• He is  rude

Es un grosero—-It refers to a feature of his personality. In static use.

• He is being rude

Está siendo grosero—-Is not that it's a regular feature in it, but now is behaving that way

“I’m loving it!”

sound familiar ?, right? Yes, it is the well-known slogan of the famous American fast food chain. Many will think, because it's true ... "love" is static. Not even part of the joint. So, why use in your continuously?

Well, in a way, say that marketing is above grammatical rules. This application basically tries to highlight the idea of your food you love, enjoy it and are enjoying now, and forever. It would be an informal use, regardless of grammaticality. And to give that value durative verb "love", as used in their continuously. But again, it's just a matter of marketing ...

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