Los Gerundios

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Los Gerundios

• Gerunds and the
• Present Progressive Tense

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• Until now, every time you have used a verb in a
  sentence, you have either conjugated it based on
  the subject, or you have left it in its
  infinitive form because it is in a verb phrase.

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• The Gerund form of a verb is not really a
  conjugation at all. There is not a different
  form for each person or point of view. In fact,
  there is only one gerund of each verb, just like
  there is in English.

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Gerundios -ing verbs

• In English, we use the suffix -ing to indicate
  that an action is taking place now.
• Verbs ending in -ing are called gerunds.

Crying
Studying Spanish!
Running
Playing
Listening
Laughing
Talking
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Gerundios -ing verbs

• Forming the Gerund in Spanish is almost as easy
  as it is in English.
• For AR verbs such as habl
• Drop off the ar ending
• And add -ando

ar
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Gerundios -ing verbs

• Forming the Gerund in Spanish is almost as easy
  as it is in English.
• For AR verbs such as habl
• Drop off the ar ending
• And add -ando

ando
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• So the gerundio of Tomar would be
• Caminar would be
• Bailar would be
• And Cantar would be

Tomando
Caminando
Bailando
Cantando
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Gerundios -ing verbs

• For ER and -IR verbs
• such as com and viv
• Drop off the er or -ir ending
• And add -iendo

er
ir
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Gerundios -ing verbs

• com
• viv

iendo
iendo
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• So Correr would become
• Beber would be
• Escribir would be
• And Asistir would be

Corriendo
Bebiendo
Escribiendo
Asistiendo
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• Now lets look at some examples of these verbs
  actually being used in real Spanish.

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Gerundios -ing verbs

• I am talking.
• They are talking.
• We were talking.
• Charlie is talking.
• Ojo! The verb talking never changes! What are
  the conjugated verbs in these sentences?

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• Thats right the verb to be.
• Remember that there are 2 verbs with mean to be
  in Spanish. When do you use each one?

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Ser vs Estar

• Estar Ser
• Condition Characteristic
• Location Origin
• Progressive Passive Voice Time/Date
• (Basicallyeverything else.)

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The Progressive Tense

• This is the Progressive Tense!
• I am talking.
• She is running.
• We are sitting.
• It is raining.
• It is snowing.
• All of these actions are going on right now so
  we refer to them as Progressive We emphasize the
  fact that they are progressing or going on right
  now.

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The Progressive Tense

• So, you will always use Estar with Gerunds. The
  construction looks like this
• Subj. Estar Conj. Verb Gerund
• I am talking.
• Yo estoy hablando.

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• Yo estoy esquiando.
• I am skiing.
• Carlos está bebiendo jugo.
• Carlos is drinking juice.
• Nosotros estamos viviendo en Lincoln ahora.
• We are living in Lincoln now.

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• Cómo se dice?
• Write the following sentences in Spanish.

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• 1. Andrés is playing the guitar.
• Andrés está tocando la guitarra.
• 2. Andrés and I are studying Spanish.
• Andrés y yo estamos estudiando español.
• 3. Andrea and María are playing tenis.
• Andrea y María están jugando al tenis.
• 4. Are you writing a letter?
• Estás escribiendo una carta?
• 5. My friends are running along the beach.
• Mis amigos están corriendo por la playa.

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• 6. It is raining.
• Está lloviendo.
• 7. It is snowing.
• Está nevando.
• 8. I am attending a Spanish class.
• Yo estoy asistiendo una clase de español.
• 9. You are being dumb.
• Tú estás siendo tonto.
• 10. Are you understanding? (entender /
  comprender)
• Estás entendiendo?
• Estás comprendiendo?

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The Progressive Tense

• Remember that the Progressive Tense is used to
  EMPHASIZE the fact that the action is happening
  at this moment.
• In Spanish, you can still use the regular present
  tense to say that something happens or is
  happening now.
• Remember llueve and está lloviendo?
• Both mean It is raining, but está lloviendo
  simply emphasizes the fact that it is taking
  place right now.

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The Progressive Tense

• Qué significa?
• Yo hablo.
• I talk.
• I am talking.
• Yo estoy hablando.
• I am talking (right now).

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Gerundios Stem Changers

• A few gerunds have a stem change.
• In your verb sheets, if a verb does change its
  stem in the gerund form, there will be a second
  letter written after the first stem-change note.
• Pedir i, i
• Pidiendo

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Gerundios

• If a verb ends in (se), form the gerund
  regularly, then put the se back on the end and
  put an accent over the
• ándo or iéndo.
• Aburrir(se)
• Aburriéndo

se
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Gerundios

• Acercar(se)
• Acercándose
• Cepillar(se)
• Cepillándose
• Poner(se)
• Poniéndose

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Gerundios

• Dormir(se) ue, u
• Durmiéndose
• Despedir(se) i, i
• Despidiéndose
• Sentir(se) i, i
• Sintiéndose

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Gerundios Los Irregulares

• Caerse Leer
• Cayéndose Leyendo
• Creer Oír
• Creyendo Oyendo
• Decir Poder
• Diciendo Pudiendo
• Irse
• Yéndose

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Gerundios Los Irregulares

• Reír
• Riendo
• Sonreír
• Sonriendo
• Traer
• Trayendo
• Venir
• Viniendo