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Eu estou já a aquecer o biberão.

Eu estou já a aquecer o biberão.
I am already warming the baby bottle.
From Lesson 421:Adverbs in the continuous (estar sempre a)·Portuguese (Portugal)

Questions & Answers about Eu estou já a aquecer o biberão.

Why is já placed right in the middle of estou a aquecer?
This is called adverb intrusion. In European Portuguese, short adverbs like já, ainda, and sempre frequently slip directly between the conjugated verb (estou) and the preposition (a) in continuous verb phrases. It makes the flow of the sentence sound very natural to native speakers.
Would it be wrong to say Eu já estou a aquecer o biberão instead?
Not at all! Placing já before the verb (Eu já estou a aquecer) or even at the very end of the sentence is also perfectly correct. However, slipping it into the middle, as shown here, is extremely common in spoken Portuguese and a great pattern to master at this level.
Is the pronoun Eu strictly necessary here?
No, you can easily drop it and say Estou já a aquecer o biberão. Because estou is only used for the first-person singular, the subject is already obvious. Keeping Eu here just adds a slight emphasis, as if reassuring someone: 'I am already warming it (so you do not have to worry).'
I haven't seen the word biberão before. How do you make it plural?
The plural of biberão (baby bottle) is biberões. As a quick refresher, most Portuguese nouns ending in -ão change to -ões in the plural, though a few will take -ãos or -ães.

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