I'm a lady: "Estoy tratanda de aprender español." ?

Question

So shouldn't I say "Estoy tratanda de aprender español." ? or is aprender my verb in this sentence and it is non-specific?

I get confused with this fem. and masc. thing.

You are all so kind to help!

Welcome to the forum, :) - 00494d19, May 9, 2011

Answer 1

Tratando is a verb, not an adjective, and so it doesn't change gender .

Have a look at this reference article, it might help you .

Answer 2

You may be thinking of the participle form which is often used as an adjective.

fueron observadas

una exagerada reacción

una desesperada tentativa

prohibida

destruida

These examples are from A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish, 4th edition, Butt & Benjamin

Tratando is the gerundio (gerund in our Verb Conjugations) and is never used as an adjective.

Answer 3

I love Spanish because I can look at a group of guys and say "¿Listas?" in a gringa accent and it offends them in all sorts of ways. They of course do not think I did it on purpose (although I did), and they politely correct me. I don't mean to be mean, it's just my attempt at humor.

Answer 4

Only if you are using the participle as an adjective.

"Often" - Is that what you mean? - Sabor, May 9, 2011

"Tratando" in Spanish grammar is a "gerundio" (without gender), not a "participio". - lazarus1907, May 9, 2011