El gerundio The gerund and the progressive tenses.
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El gerundioThe gerund and the progressive
tenses
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Uses of the gerund (the –ing form)
• The gerund is often the equivalent of by + present participle:
• Estudiando, tú aprendes (By studying, you learn)
• Trabajando, tú ganas dinero (By working, you earn money)
• Durmiendo, tú descansas (By sleeping, you rest )
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How to form it:
• Regular -ar verbs: > drop the infinitive ending and add –ando. Ex.: Cantar > cantando
• Regular – er and –ir verbs: drop the infinitive and add –iendo. Ex.: Aprender > aprendiendo, vivir > viviendo
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Gerundios that end in - yendo
• Caer cayendo ir yendo
• Construir construyendo leer leyendo
• Creer creyendo oír oyendo
• Destruir destruyendo traer trayendo
• Huir huyendo
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Los irregulares
• Decir diciendo
• Dormir durmiendo
• Morir muriendo
• Pedir pidiendo
• Sentir sintiendo
• Venir viniendo
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Más irregulares
• Conseguir consiguiendo
• Corregir corrigiendo
• Mentir mintiendo
• Repetir repitiendo
• Servir sirviendo
• Vestir vistiendo
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The progresive tenses
• Used to talk about an action that is ( was or will be) in progress at the moment indicated.
• Verbs such estar, seguir, continuar are used to create such progressive forms
• Exs.: Los niños están corriendo/ The children are running
• Ella estaba leyendo/She was reading
• (/Ellos/ellas/uds) siguen escribiendo/They continue writing
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*Note
• Estarestando
• Ir yendo
• Venirviniendo
• These ones are not usually used to create progressive tenses. Instead use simple tenses. Exs.: Ella viene aquí/She is coming her or Rosa iba al parque/Rosa was going to the park
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Ahora, practiquen ustedes!