French · Chapter 21 · Lesson 6 · Grammar primer
The present participle and the gerund
The -ant form (parlant, finissant, with irregulars etant, ayant, sachant) and the gerund en + participle for simultaneity (en mangeant), means (en travaillant) and condition, under the same-subject rule, plus why French has no -ing continuous tense.
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