Breakdown of Está lloviendo y el niño está llorando.
el niño
the boy / the child
y
and
estar
to be (location/state)
llover
to rain
Questions & Answers about Está lloviendo y el niño está llorando.
Why does lloviendo end in -iendo but llorando ends in -ando?
This is because they come from different types of verbs! To make the continuous "-ing" form (the gerund) in Spanish, you look at the original verb. Llorando comes from an -ar verb (llorar, to cry), so you drop the -ar and add -ando. Lloviendo comes from an -er verb (llover, to rain), so you drop the -er and add -iendo.
Where is the word for "it" in está lloviendo?
Spanish doesn't use a subject pronoun for "it", especially when talking about the weather. The "it is" part is completely covered by the verb está on its own.
Why do we need to say está twice in this sentence?
Are lloviendo and llorando related? They look and sound very similar.