That seems like the present progressive to me. <present tense be verb> <gerund> I am eating his breakfast. She is out walking the dog. https://www.grammar-m

That seems like the present progressive to me. <present tense be verb> <gerund> I am eating his breakfast. She is out walking the dog. https://www.grammar-monster.com/glossary/present_progressive_tense.htm https://www.grammar-monster.com/glossary/present_progressive... To argue with myself, smarter people than I have claimed the same construction as yours in AAVE. Check the section on tense here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_Vernacular_English https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_Vernacular_En...