¡¡¡ Lección de los tiempos progresivos ??? Progressive tense lesson!?!?!?

1. ¡¡¡Lección de los tiemposprogresivos???Progressive tense lesson!?!?!?

2. The progressive tense describes actions in progress • I’m eating? • ¿Estoycomiendo? • He was eating? • ¿Estabacomiendo?

3. You can use estar in the present, imperfect, preterit, future, condicional, subjunctives • I’m eating. • Estoycomiendo. • I was eating. • Estabacomiendo. • I will be eating. • Estarécomiendo. • I would be eating, if I weren’t sleeping. • Estaríacomiendo, si no estuvieradurmiendo. • It’s good that I’m eating. • Es buenoqueyoestécomiendo.

4. How do you form this thing? • estar • + • the present participle (-ing word in English)

5. The present participle / gerund • -arverbs change to: • -ando • -er / irverbs change to: • -iendo • Comer • Comiendo • Trabajar • trabajando

6. The present participle / gerund • What’s the difference between the present participle and the gerund? • I don’t know; what is this, English class?

7. 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”])

8. The present participle / gerund:¡-irstem-changing! • -ir stem changing verbs get the same change in the gerund as in the preterit: • morir: muriendo • pedir: pidiendo • seguir: siguiendo • sentir: sintiendo

9. The present participle / gerund:¡Vowel (or vowel sound) in front of -er / -ir! • caer: cayendo • zambullir: zambullendo • traer: trayendo

10. The present participle / gerund:¡Irregulars! • decir: diciendo • poder: pudiendo • ir: yendo***** • ***** Don’t ever use this form in your life and you’ll be fine; to say “I am going” say “Voy” etc.

11. Other verbs with the gerund • continuar / seguir= to continue doing something • andar= to go around doing something • ir= to gradually be doing something • Sigocomiendo. • I keep eating. • Ella andacomiendo. • She goes around eating. • Vamoscomiendomás y más. • We’re gradually eating more and more.

12. Attach pronouns; accent on the letter before -ndo • comiéndolo • diciéndoselas • masticándola

13. El infintivo vs. El gerundio Theinfinitive vs. Thegerund!!!!!

14. 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.

15. 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 • 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.

16. Escribir en español • You won’t win any friends by tricking them. • Surviving is a good option.

17. 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.