To emphasize what one is doing right now, in English, we use the verb "to be" and the "present participle" of the verb = I am doing (doing is the present participle of to do).
The word "participle" comes from the Latin and means "to take part in" or "to be shared", before we used to say that a participle is shared between a verb and a noon. For example cooking, it is a noon, the cooking, and also a verb: I am cooking.
In French to translate the expression "I am doing", we can use either the present tense or another expression: I am doing: Je fais (present tense) or Je suis en train de faire (to be in the process of) So to translate to be verb+ing: être en train de verbe (infinitive form).
Examples:
-You are eating: Tu manges (present tense) or Tu es en train de manger
-He is playing: Il joue or Il est en train de jouer
-We are not eating: nous ne mangeons pas or nous ne sommes pas en train de manger
-What are you doing? : Qu'est-ce que tu fais? or Qu'est-ce que tu es en train de faire?
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