Some verbs, often called stative verbs, are distinguished because they describe states, i.e. situations and conditions. An important grammar fact is that stative verbs are, if ever possible, infrequently used in progressive tenses. The following verbs have always stative meaning:
Algunos verbos, frecuentemente llamados verbos estaticos, se distinguen por que describen estados, i.e situaciones y condiciones. Un importante hecho gramatical es que los verbos estaticos son, si acaso es posible, raramente usados en tiempos progresivos. Los siguientes verbos son siempre estaticos:
amaze
appreciate
astonish
believe
belong
care
consist of
contain
desire
dislike
envy
equal
exist
fear
feel
hate
hear
know
like
look like
love
matter
mind
need
owe
own
please
possess
prefer
realize
recognize
resemble
seem
sound
suppose
surprise
understand
Hence, it is incorrect to say
Por lo tanto, es incorrecto decir
Now that I am trying it, I am liking it.
The correct form is:
La forma correcta es:
Now that I am trying it, I like it.
There are verbs that have both progressive and stative meaningful uses:
Existen verbos que tienen usos con sentido tanto en forma progresiva como tipo estático:
