Present Participles

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Present Participles

• Easy to form and easy to use.

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Use the Present Participle

• Remember how to form the present participle?
• Just use ando with ar verbs and iendo with
  er and ir verbs.

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Use the Present Participle

• Remember how to form the present participle?
• With ir or er verbs, if you end up with an i
  between two other vowels, change the i to a
  y. (Thats i-latina to i-griega)?
• Ejemplos leer leyendo, traer trayendo
• And weird ir is just yendo.

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Use the Present Participle

• Remember how to form the present participle?
• Remember that ir verbs that stem-change in the
  present also stem-change in the present
  participle.
• Dormir durmiendo
• Servir sirviendo
• Pedir pidiendo

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Use the Present Participle

• Remember how to form the present participle?
• There are only a few irregular present
  participles
• Decir diciendo
• Venir viniendo
• Poder pudiendo

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Use the Present Participle

• We first used the present participle with estar
  to form the present progressive.
• Estoy hablando.
• Estaban leyendo.
• Estará viniendo.

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Use the Present Participle

• We can also use the present participle with some
  other verbs
• (Seguir) Sigue hablando.
• (Continuar) Continúan leyendo.
• (Ir) Va andando.
• (Entrar) Entró chiflando.
• (Salir) Salieron jugando.

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Use the Present Participle

• The present participle can also be used by
  itself.
• Hablando en voz alta, se puso de pie.
• Caminando por la acera, se fue.
• No entendiendo la lección, se durmió.

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Present Participles

• Sometimes its a no-no.

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Do Not use Present Participle

• There are times when we use the present
  participle in English but would never use it in
  Spanish.
• The following are the most common mistakes of
  using the present participle by people who have
  English as a first language and Spanish as their
  second language.

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Do Not use Present Participle

• Do not use the present participle of ir with the
  verb estar!
• Consider the English We are going to eat.
• Never say Estamos yendo a comer.
• Use ir a instead.
• Correct Vamos a comer.

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Do Not use Present Participle

• Do not use the present participle after a
  preposition!
• Consider the English He left after speaking.
• Never say Salió después de hablando.
• Use an infinitive instead.
• Correct Salió después de hablar.

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Do Not use Present Participle

• Do not use the present participle as an
  adjective!
• Consider the English the shining light
• Never say la luz brillando
• Use a clause instead.
• Correct la luz que brilla

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Do Not use Present Participle

• Do not use the present participle as a noun!
• Consider the English Swimming is easy.
• Never say Nadando es fácil.
• Use an article and an infinitive instead.
• Correct El nadar es fácil.

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Present Participles

• Coool!