Un repaso del presente del modo indicativo

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Un repaso del presente del modo indicativo
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The present tense (indicative) in Spanish can
mean five things.

• Hablo
• I speak (customary action)
• I do speak (emphatic form)
• I will speak (near future)
• I am speaking (action in progress)
• Do I speak (interrogative)

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To express an action in progress right now, we
use the gerund (ing form ) of the verb.

• Remove the infinitive ar, -er, -ir
• Add ando for ar verbs
• Add iendo for er -ir verbs
• Use it with estar to form the present progressive

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Ejemplos

• I am walking
• He is eating
• They are working
• We are leaving

• Estoy caminando
• Está comiendo
• Están trabajando
• Estamos saliendo

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Special Ending Changes

• If the verb ends in er or ir and the stem ends
  in a vowel
• add yendo instead of iendo.
• leer gt leyendo
• creer gt creyendo
• oír gt oyendo

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Special Stem Changes

• ogtuegtu
• e.g., dormir, duermo, durmió
• Use the u which appears in preterite
  third-persons forms in the gerund
• dormir gt durmiendo
• morir gt muriendo.

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Special Stem Changes

• egtiegti
• e.g., sentir, siento, sintió
• Use the i which appears in preterite
  third-persons forms in the gerund
• sentir gt sintiendo.
• preferir gt prefiriendo

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Special Stem Changes

• egtigti
• e.g., pedir, pido, pidió
• Use the i which appears in preterite
  third-persons forms in the gerund
• pedir gt pidiendo
• vestir gt vistiendo

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The gerund with verbs of motion

• To express the idea to continue (to do
  something)
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• to keep on (doing something) ,
• use seguir or continuar

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• Sigo teniendo problemas con mi computadora.  
• I keep on having continue to have problems with
  my computer.

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• Continúan haciendo las mismas preguntas.
• They keep on asking the same questions.