Why do "ser" and "estar" have a gerundio?
Hola!
Random question here...could anyone explain why ser and estar have their own gerundio?
When would one ever use them? I cannot think of any examples...
Estoy estando enojada - I am being angry?
Maybe: Estoy estando de acuerdo contigo - I am agreeing with you
7 Answers
Hi Sonrisa! 
We use them all the time. These examples are very colloquial:
Siendo así... acepto.
Estás siendo maleducado.
Me siento bien estando contigo
Seguía estando en el mismo lugar
Siendo profesor, no comprendo cómo no confías en la enseñanza.
I am being angry?
Me estoy enojando. (in spanish we use this phrase 90% of the time to mean I am being angry)
Me estoy sintiendo enojado/enojada.
Estoy llegando a enojarme.
I am agreeing with you
Estoy de acuerdo contigo (in spanish, 90% of the times we use this phrase to mean I am agreeing with you)
Estoy llegando a un acuerdo contigo.
Estoy acordando contigo.
Estamos llegando a un acuerdo.
Me estoy poniendo de acuerdo contigo.
Siento que llegamos a un acuerdo.
Verb to be in spanish is a pain in the **** for the anglophone people because in english verb to be is more logical.
Well, I guess for the same reason, sonrisita, that you have them in English
You are being such a nuisance!
Stop being such a drag!
Siendo así... acepto. ---------- Being things as they are ..I accept this as a fact.
Estás siendo maleducado.---you are being really annoying.
Me siento bien estando contigo.......I feel so good being with you.
Seguía estando en el mismo lugar----the only one where you cannot use the present participle: It was still in the same place
Try doing a google news or book search. There are plenty of examples to choose from like the ones below:
Voy a seguir estando a la altura de las circunstancias”, remarcó Urribarri tras consagrarse nuevamente en la Gobernación
Ahora mismo, estando donde estamos, pensar en un Madrid-Barça, queda lejos
Hay comercios que nunca cierran porque siguen estando presentes en la memoria de la gente
El otro recital se cumplirá en el mismo Liceo Jubilar, mañana sábado al mediodía, estando dedicado a alumnos, familias y vecinos del instituto.
el ambiente sigue siendo inmejorable
Estás estando tonta. 
(silly)
Siendo así... acepto. ——— Being things as they are ..I accept this as a fact.
Here are a few alternative expressions which might capture the same fatalistic sentiment without being quite so literal:
?Things are how/the way they are...I've just got to deal with it.
?That's just the way things are
?Oh well! That's just the way the cookie crumbles
?Such is life
?Yeah, well, what are you gonna do? –or– What are ya gonna do, eh? (Here the "siendo así part is implied. Also note that the spelling of "ya" and "gonna" are considered nonstandard English)
?It is what it is (the acepto part is generally implied with this statement)
All of these expressions are fairly colloquial (at least in many parts of the U.S.). The last of these ("It is what it is") has been so overused in recent years to the point that it now has almost become a sort of throwaway line.
Hey Sonrisa - That's the kind of random thought I would have. I don't know that I can remember running into estando, but it's fairly common to run into siendo. Of course at this instant I can't remember such an example, but I think you could, for instance, say:
Los niños siguen siendo malos...
Sigo siendo lo mismo...
