<span>This is called the progressive verb form. Most commonly known are the present and the past progressive, known also as present and past continuous forms of a verb. And example would be saying that someone "is working", or "was working", where we use the participle working and helping verb "is", that is, "was".</span>
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If you want to say someone's starting a new career, say, becoming a doctor, use werden. Er wird Arzt. He's becoming a doctor.
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Der Laptop steht auf dem Tisch