Ser + Gerund

Question

Hi,

As far as I know, the Gerund is always used with the verb ESTAR. However, listening to a song named "AMOR DEL BUENO", got me a little confused.

It goes like that:

Y asi te fui queriendo a diario

sin una ley,sin un horario

y asi me fuiste despertando de cada sueño,donde estabas tu

For instance, i would expect it to be : Y asi te estaba queriendo a diario.

Can someone shed some light ? Thanks

Answer 1

Good question and answer.

Just adding slightly to what diagonx said, this is that little thing that can confuse us. The preterites of both Ser and Ir are some form of fui/fue/fuiste etc.

And as diagonx said, this is a case of past tense of Ir, and a special perfrasis case, so ser vs estar doesn't even come into it.

Ir queriendo diario is thus a bit like getting/becoming more desirous every day. or more generally, increasing some feeling or activity over time.

hth roger

Thanks! - idanr84, Aug 6, 2013

Answer 2

The thing is that you're not talking about ser, but rather about ir and this perífrasis is used to denote how the feeling developed as time passed.

Thanks - idanr84, Aug 6, 2013