En Train De – In The Middle Of

In this lesson you will learn how to say you are in the middle of doing something in French. The grammatical structure which will learn is “en train de”, or to be doing.

Explanations

The word order for “en train de” is like this:

I am + “en train de” + verb in the infinitive or mother form.

In this video my cats are sleeping. I have two lovely cats. The older black one is named Samantha and the younger calico kitty still does not have a name. In the video the To sleeping. So, my example sentence is, “The cats are sleeping”. Here’s how it looks in French:

Les chats sont en train de dormir
The cats are sleeping.

Notice that we use the word, “sont”, which is être conjugated in the third person plural.

Example Phrases

Je suis en train de manger.
I am eating.

Elle est en train d’étudier.
She is studying.

Les garçons sont en train de courir.
The boys are running.

L’homme est en train de travailler.
The man is working.

Les enfants sont en tran de jouer.
The children are playing.

Les chiens sont en train de marcher.
The dogs are waling.

Nous sommes en train de parler.
We are talking.

Ils sont en train de venir.
The people are comming.

Je suis en train d’enseigner le Français.
I am teaching French.

Tu es en train d’apprendre ces mots.
You are learning these words.

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1. French Train Vocabulary
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