periphrasis वाक्य

Thus, " I am doing it " ( continuous ) and " I do it " both translate to the same sentence in French : ?Je le fais . ?However, the distinction is often clear from context; and when not, it can be conveyed using periphrasis; for example, the expression " �tre en train de [ faire quelque chose ] " ( " to be in the middle of [ doing something ] " ) is often used to convey the sense of a continuous aspect . ( For example, " I am doing it " might be expressed as ?Je suis en train de le faire ? " I am in the middle of doing it . " ) In the case of the past tense, neither the simple nor the compound past tense is ever used with a continuous sense; therefore, the imperfect often indicates a continuous sense ( though it does have other uses, as discussed above ).