Editing Venetian language (section)

===Continuing action===
Another peculiarity of the language is the use of the phrase {{lang|vec|eser drìo}} (literally, "to be behind") to indicate continuing action:

{|class=wikitable
!Venetian!!Veneto&nbsp;dialects!!Italian!!English
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|{{lang|vec|Me pare, el ze drìo parlàr}}||{{lang|vec|Mé pare 'l ze drìo(invià) parlàr}}||{{lang|it|Mio padre sta parlando}}||My father is speaking
|}

Another progressive form in some Venetian dialects uses the construction {{lang|vec|èsar łà che}} ({{lit|to be there that}}):

* Venetian dialect: {{lang|vec|Me pare l'è là che'l parla}} ({{lit|My father he is there that he speaks}}).

The use of progressive tenses is more pervasive than in Italian; e.g.

* English: "He wouldn't have been speaking to you".
* Venetian: {{lang|vec|No'l sarìa miga sta drio parlarte a ti}}.

That construction does not occur in Italian: ''*Non sarebbe mica stato parlandoti'' is not syntactically valid.