Non-progressive verbs:
They are verbs which are impossible to conjugate in the continuous form.
- believe
- prefer
- dislike
- smell
- disagree
- concern
- love
- possess
- remember
- taste
- mean
- include
- see
- realize
- wish
- agree
- promisse
- own
- depend
- understand
- appear
- deny
- surprise
- contain
- doubt
- know
- seem
- impress
- deserve
- lack
- hate
- recognize
- sound
- please
- belong
- matter
- suppose
- want
- hear
- satisfy
- fit
- feel
- like
- see
- astonish
- need
E.g.:
I am loving Maria. – I love Maria (I love her or I don’t.)
I am believing you. – I believe you. (I believe you or I don’t.)
It’s possible to use them as adjectives à loving you is good. | seeing is believing!