ado and ido. What do they do to a verb?

Question

ado and ido. What do they do to a verb?

Bienvenida al foro. Welcome to the forum. - 0074b507, Oct 10, 2010

Ah! íAhora lo recuerdo! íMuchas gracias! - TammyAnn, Oct 10, 2010

Answer 1

Hah, I just read that in English you call the gerund "present participle". That distinction isn't made in Spanish, at least that I know of, but it's good to know

No!! A verbal with a suffix of '-ing' can be either a gerund or a present participle (depending on how it is used). However they are not the same thing. They only look the same. (This is not to say, though, that many people don't confuse the terms.)

Ah, ok. Well it is still clearly different in Spanish then, so I can see how there's a chance for confusion if you mix both terminologies. - bill1111, Oct 10, 2010

What is called a gerund in Spanish is called a present participle in English. There is nothing in Spanish corresponding to the gerund in English, so they use the infinitive or adjectives. - lorenzo9, Oct 10, 2010

Answer 2

The are used to construct the participles, just like the -ed in English.

Specifically the past participle which is commonly used to form perfect tenses or is used as an adjective. - 0074b507, Oct 10, 2010

Hah, I just read that in English you call the gerund "present participle". That distinction isn't made in Spanish, at least that I know of, but it's good to know. - bill1111, Oct 10, 2010

Answer 3

Hi Tammy

Click on the link below which should explain the formulation and the use of these verb endings.

Ado and Ido

Answer 4

When you use a verb book like "501 Spanish Verbs" each page showing the verb being conjugated will have at the top of the page the infinitive, past participle{ido,ado endings}, and the gerund form of the verb. Since these are the endings used to form all the compound tenses along with the auxiliary {helper} verb "haber" it is important to learn them. Haber changes in the different conjugations but the past participle remains unchanged {thank goodness}.

In the verb book it gives an explanation for 6 uses of the past participle and lots of examples and is a lesson all by itself that would take up a full classroom study session.