{"id":7386,"date":"2013-09-11T11:21:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-11T15:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=7386"},"modified":"2013-09-12T11:26:58","modified_gmt":"2013-09-12T15:26:58","slug":"how-to-form-the-gerund-in-spanish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/how-to-form-the-gerund-in-spanish\/","title":{"rendered":"How to form the gerund in Spanish"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This is a special post for beginners on how to form the gerund in Spanish.<\/p>\n

Regular Verbs<\/strong><\/p>\n

hablar<\/strong> [to speak]<\/em> – hablando<\/strong>
\nbeber<\/strong> [to drink]<\/em> – bebiendo<\/strong>
\npartir<\/strong> [to leave]<\/em> – partiendo<\/strong><\/p>\n

Special Cases<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Verbs with ending “yendo”<\/p>\n

atraer [to attract]<\/em> – atrayendo
\ncaer [to fall]<\/em> – cayendo
\ncontraer [to contract]<\/em> – contrayendo
\ncreer [to believe]<\/em> – creyendo
\nleer [to read]<\/em> – leyendo
\ntraer [to bring]<\/em> – trayendo<\/p>\n

ir [to go]<\/em> – yendo<\/p>\n

construir [to build]<\/em> – construyendo
\ncontribuir [to contribute]<\/em> – contribuyendo
\nexcluir [to exclude]<\/em> – excluyendo
\ndestruir [to destroy]<\/em> – destruyendo
\nhuir [to escape]<\/em> – huyendo
\nincluir [to include]<\/em> – incluyendo
\ninfluir [to influence]<\/em> – influyendo
\no\u00edr [to hear]<\/em> – oyendo<\/p>\n

2. Stem changing forms<\/strong><\/p>\n

advertir [to warn]<\/em> – advirtiendo
\ncompetir [to compete]<\/em> – compitiendo
\nconseguir [to get]<\/em> – consiguiendo
\nconsentir [to allow, to spoil]<\/em> – consintiendo
\nconvertir [to convert]<\/em> – convirtiendo
\ndecir [to say]<\/em> – diciendo
\nhervir [to boil]<\/em> – hirviendo
\nmentir [to lie]<\/em> – mintiendo
\npedir [to ask]<\/em> – pidiendo
\nre\u00f1ir [to fight, to tell off]<\/em> – ri\u00f1endo
\nrepetir [to repeat]<\/em> – repitiendo
\nseguir [to follow, to keep on]<\/em> – siguiendo
\nservir [to serve]<\/em> – sirviendo
\nsugerir [to suggest]<\/em> – sugiriendo
\nvenir [to come]<\/em> – viniendo
\npoder [to be able to] –<\/em> pudiendo
\ndormir [to sleep]<\/em> – durmiendo
\nmorir [to die]<\/em> – muriendo<\/p>\n

Examples<\/strong><\/p>\n

Est\u00e1bamos hablando con nuestro profesor. [We were talking to our teacher.]<\/em>
\nYo estoy haciendo mis deberes. [I’m doing my homework.]<\/em>
\nSigo repiti\u00e9ndolo, pero no me entiendes. [I keep repeating it, but you don’t understand me.]<\/em>
\nEstoy oyendo un ruido raro. [I can hear a strange noise.]<\/em>
\nNo entiendo lo que me est\u00e1s diciendo. [I can’t understand what you’re saying to me.]<\/em>
\nEllas est\u00e1n leyendo revistas de moda. [They are reading fashion magazines.]<\/em>
\nLlorando nos contaba lo que hab\u00eda sucedido. [Crying, she was telling us what had happened.]<\/em>
\nPens\u00e1ndolo bien, tenemos que hacer algo. [On second thought, we need to do something.]<\/em>
\nVi al ladr\u00f3n saltando el muro. [I saw the thief jumping over the wall.]<\/em>
\nQueri\u00e9ndolo o no, me vas a decir la verdad ahora mismo. [Whether you want it or not, you’re going to tell me the truth right now.]<\/em><\/p>\n

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Hello, there! This is a special post for beginners on how to form the gerund in Spanish. Regular Verbs hablar [to speak] – hablando beber [to drink] – bebiendo partir [to leave] – partiendo Special Cases 1. Verbs with ending “yendo” atraer [to attract] – atrayendo caer [to fall] – cayendo contraer [to contract] –…<\/p>\n

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