sonriendo or sonreiendo'''? PLEASE HELP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
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The spanish word for "smiling" is "sonriendo" but shouldn't it be "sonreiendo"
Because when making a spanish word a "ing" word (smiling) you're supposed to remove -ir/-er and add "iendo" but "sonriendo" removes 3 letters instead of 2, WHY''''''''?
I'm so confused.
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updated Dec 31, 2008
posted by Shelly
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Sometimes I wonder whether people read what I write.
updated Dec 31, 2008
posted by lazarus1907
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The verb "sonreír" is irregular, and changes its e to i in certain forms, according to the stress (I won't give you details):
sonrí-o
sonrí-es
sonrí-e
sonre-ímos
sonre-ís
sonrí-en
The present participle does the same:
sonri-iendo
However, that double i always simplifies to a single i (this is a strict rule):
sonri-endo
A similar verb is freír:
frí-o
frí-es
frí-e
fre-ímos
fre-ís
frí-en
fri-iendo -- >; friendo
updated Dec 30, 2008
posted by lazarus1907
