The Present Participle

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The Present Participle

• Page 201 Chp. 5 AVSR1
• Realidades 3

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The Present Participle

• The present participle conveys a sense of ongoing
  action.
• To say that something is happening right now, use
  the present tense forms of estar the present
  participle (-ando or -iendo)

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The Present Participle

• doblar gt doblando
• Ella está doblando a la izquierda
• aprender gt aprendiendo
• Estamos aprendiendo a manejar.
• escribir gt esciribiendo
• Están escribiendo una carta.

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The Present Participle

• Some verbs have irregular present participle
  forms.
• To form the present participle of -ir
  stem-changing verbs, the e in the infinitive form
  changes to i, and the o in the infinitive form
  changes to u.

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The Present Participle

• Decir
• Pedir
• Repetir
• Seguir
• Servir
• Vestir
• Dormir

• Diciendo
• Pidiendo
• Repitiendo
• Siguiendo
• Sirviendo
• Vistiendo
• Durmiendo

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The Present Participle

• In the following -er verbs, the i of -iendo
  changes to y.
• caer cayendo
• leer leyendo
• ir yendo
• oír oyendo
• destruir destruyendo

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The Present Participle

• When you use pronouns with the present
  progressive, you can put them before the
  conjugated form of estar or attach them to the
  present participle.

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The Present Participle

• Notice that if a pronoun is attached to the
  present participle, an accent mark is needed.
• Write the accent mark over the vowel that is
  normally stressed in the present tense.

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The Present Participle

• Ahora me estoy bañando.
• Estoy bañándome.
• Las está ayudando.
• Está ayudándolas.