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Regular and irregular Spanish gerunds

Regular and irregular Spanish gerunds

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Regular gerunds (present participles)

Most present participles are regular. The patterns for regular gerunds are the following:

-ar verbs: simply drop the infinitive ending and replace it by -ando. -er verbs: drop the infinitive ending and replace it by -iendo. -ir verbs: drop the infinitive ending and replace it by -iendo.

  • hablar -- hablando Estamos hablando con la maestra. We are speaking to the teacher.

  • comer -- comiendo María está comiendo paella. María is eating paella.

  • vivir -- viviendo
    Estoy viviendo con Pedro ahora porque no puedo pagar una casa. Now, I´m living with Pedro because I can´t pay a house.

Irregular gerunds (present participles)

Stem changing –ir verbs: For stem changing –ir verbs the patterns are the following:

O:UE verbs --- O:U + IENDO Examples: Dormir: durmiendo. Morir: muriendo ¿Puedo ver al bebé? No, está durmiendo. Can I see baby?No, he´s sleeping.

E:IE verbs --- E:I + IENDO Examples: Sentir: sintiendo Hervir: hirviendo El agua está hirviendo. Water is boiling.

E:I verbs --- E:I + IENDO Examples: Decir: diciendo Servir: sirviendo La azafata nos está diciendo que tenemos que sentarnos. Flight attendant is telling us we have to sit down.

-er and –ir verbs whose stem ends in a vowel: drop the infinitive ending and replace it by +YENDO

Examples:

Ir: yendo Oír: oyendo Destruir: destruyendo Huir: huyendo Traer: trayendo Caer: cayendo

La contaminación está destruyendo nuestro planeta. Pollution is destroying our planet. Ana está huyendo con Luis. Ana is running away with Luis. ¿Me estás oyendo? Are you hearing me?

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updated Dec 5, 2014
posted by SpanishSkypeorg
Good information. - rac1, Dec 4, 2014
Very complete, yet not confusing to the new learner. Me encanta. - Daniela2041, Dec 4, 2014