"The woman is working quickly."

[JonGirod]

why is "estas" not used in place of the "is"?

[eflorezpty]

How do you tell the difference between "works" and "is working" if we use the same "laboras" for both verb forms?

[NatanAH311]

You don't, you understand it by context

[dvh159]

Good question

[tedhascoldpants]

Angry grumbling
I always forget the definite article...

[Zai630353]

why do i have it wrong if i put: "la virino ESTAS laboras rapide" if estas = is ???

[WeiDong11]

This isn't english. There isn't Present Continuous. This sentence means "The woman is works fast"

[Todoroki172]

Thanks for clearing that up. It was confusing me.