I am on/at the reading) means I am reading. Known as the rheinische Verlaufsform (roughly Rhenish progressive form), it has become increasingly common...

present progressive tense does exist and is known as the rheinische Verlaufsform. It is formed with the verb sein ("to be") + am ("at the") + verbal noun...

sein to create a kind of present progressive known as the rheinische Verlaufsform: I'm working; "Ich bin am Arbeiten." Arbeiten is not a verb as in the...