verbos como nombres. verbs as nouns

Question

Hola todo! Is there a rule for using verbs as nouns like : Tengo una pregunta o Vida esta llena de sorprendas. Do you take off the infinative ending and add an A or a O, or learn each one individually Muchas gracias !!

Answer 1

Sorry, like mark said you just have to learn them. On the plus side, eventually they more or less start to just make sense even though there are no set rules.

Sometimes I try to apply an ending that is on a similar word but it doesn't always work.

For example:

• Ayudar - ayuda - ayundante (helper)
• Estorbar - estorba - estorbante (nuisance - hinderer) But estorbante isn't a word.

Answer 2

As far as I'm aware you just have to learn them.