"It is playing."
Translation:Es spielt.
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Guys, please, remember, you're learning the different language, and we can't compare our native language(s).
"Es ist spielt" is wrong? So a literal translation of, It is playing, will not work here?
This is a different language. Literal translations from English won't always work.
I did that also except it would be "Es ist spielen" because only first verb gets conjugated.
Why both 'Simple Present Tense' & 'Present Continuous Tense' are same in German...?
1.) [Simple Present Tense] > It Plays. --------> Es spielt......................................... 2.) [Present Cont. Tense] > It is Playing -----> Es spielt................
Why it isn't like:
[Simple Present Tense] > Es spielt. [spiel+t].................................................. [Present Cont. Tense] > Es ist spielt. [spiel+t]................................................... *Since, the Conjugations are also same then, How we'll get to know which tense is it, Simple Present Tense or Present Continuous Tense??
That is because German doesn't have a continuous aspect in grammar. If you want to express that somebody "is doing sth." in that moment, you can add a word like now.