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Formation of the Gerund (Present Participle)

The gerund (-ndo form of the verb) corresponds to the -ing form in English.

  • For –ar verbs, the ending is –ando; for -er and -ir verbs, the ending is -iendo.
               tomar  –  tomando              aprender –  aprendiendo              escribir  – escribiendo
  • -Er and -ir verbs whose stem ends in a vowel use -yendo and not -iendo.
               caer  – cayendo                     leer –  leyendo       traer  –  trayendo
  • -Ir verbs that have a change in the vowel of the stemp have the same change in the gerund.
               decir  –  dijo  –  diciendo
              
    morir  –  murió  –  muriendo
              
    sentir  –  sintió  –  sintiendo
  • Poder and ir have irregular gerunds:
               poder  –  pudiendo
              
    ir  –  yendo

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