¡¡¡lección de los tiempos progresivos??? progressive tense lesson!?!?!?
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You can use estar in the present, imperfect, preterit, future, condicional, subjunctives I’m eating. ◦ Estoy comiendo. I was eating. ◦ Estaba comiendo. I will be eating. ◦ Estaré comiendo. I would be eating, if I weren’t sleeping. ◦ Estaría comiendo, si no estuviera durmiendo. It’s good that I’m eating. ◦ Es bueno que yo esté comiendo.TRANSCRIPT
¡¡¡Lección de los tiempos progresivos???
Progressive tense lesson!?!?!?
The progressive tense describes actions in progress
I’m eating?¿Estoy comiendo?
He was eating?¿Estaba comiendo?
You can use estar in the present, imperfect, preterit, future, condicional, subjunctives
I’m eating.◦ Estoy comiendo.
I was eating.◦ Estaba comiendo.
I will be eating.◦ Estaré comiendo.
I would be eating, if I weren’t sleeping.◦ Estaría comiendo, si no estuviera
durmiendo. It’s good that I’m eating.
◦ Es bueno que yo esté comiendo.
How do you form this thing?estar + the present participle (-ing word
in English)
The present participle / gerund-ar verbs change to:
◦-ando-er / ir verbs change to:
◦-iendo
Comer◦Comiendo
Trabajar◦trabajando
The present participle / gerundWhat’s the difference between
the present participle and the gerund?
I don’t know; what is this, English class?
The present participle / gerund(Actually, in English the –ing word
is considered a gerund if it functions like a noun [“Swimming is bad”] and it’s a present participle if it works with another verb [“I’m swimming”])
The present participle / gerund:¡-ir stem-changing!-ir stem changing verbs get the
same change in the gerund as in the preterit:
morir: muriendopedir: pidiendoseguir: siguiendosentir: sintiendo
The present participle / gerund:¡Vowel (or vowel sound) in front of -er / -ir!
caer: cayendozambullir: zambullendotraer: trayendo
The present participle / gerund:¡Irregulars!decir: diciendopoder: pudiendoir: yendo*****
***** Don’t ever use this form in your life and you’ll be fine; to say “I am going” say “Voy” etc.
Other verbs with the gerundcontinuar / seguir = to continue
doing somethingandar = to go around doing
somethingir = to gradually be doing
something
Sigo comiendo.◦ I keep eating.
Ella anda comiendo.◦ She goes around eating.
Vamos comiendo más y más.◦ We’re gradually eating more and more.
Attach pronouns; accent on the letter before -ndo
comiéndolodiciéndoselasmasticándola
El infintivo vs. El gerundio
The infinitive vs. The gerund!!!!!
When the –ing word in English functions like a noun, you have to use the infinitive in Spanish
Reading is good.Leer es bueno.
I like reading more than eating.Me gusta leer más que comer.
After reading, sometimes I read more.
Después de leer, a veces leo más.
You can learn a lot by reading things.Puedes aprender mucho leyendo
cosas.
He walked home, reading the whole way.
Caminaba a casa, leyendo todo el camino.
She slowly gave way to the soft slumber of dreamland, reading all the while
Ella [etc.], leyendo.
The –ing / -ndo form can function like an adverb that describes the main verbal action in both English and in Spanish; in English it’s sometimes Introduced with by
Escribir en españolYou won’t win any friends by
tricking them.Surviving is a good option.
You knew this was coming:What’s Juan doing? He’s still reading, falling, saying and
dying.I wouldn’t be listening to music if I
were sleeping.Juan was ordering lemonade when he
fell down.Juan is eating it.We are gradually learning them.Surviving is a good option.