I think the definition for "-aan / -laan (suffix)" might be wrong

-aan / -laan (suffix) - Present progressive suffix,​ see notes.

E.g. Battle -> Battled. Grah -> Grahlaan. He has battled dragons. -> Rok grahlaan dovahhe.

That's the definition, according to the thuum.org dictionary. The reason I'm confused by this is because, after some googling, I found that present progressive tense was, in English, basically the '-ing' prefix. e.g. he is battling dragons

So by that logic           battle -> battling

Translated                   grah -> grahlaan

Therefore                    grahlaan = battling        but        grahlaan ≠ battled

​...am I right??

And so                        rok grahlaan dovahhe ≠ he has battled dragons

but rather                  rok grahlaan dovahhe = he (is) battling dragons

My brain hurts after writing this so I hope it makes sense. If someone could explain to me what's going on with this definition that would be great. I might just be overthinking it, idk. kogaanne ahrk noxhe.

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