08813 Participle

1. 1) The participle represents an action or condition in its unbroken continuity, and corresponds to the English verb, "to be" with the present participle. It may be used of present, past or future time.

1. 1a) present time what are you doing
2. 1b) past time "he was still speaking" when another came
3. 1c) future time we are destroying - e.g. are about to destroy