Estar Gerund progressive

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Estar Gerund progressive
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Estar Gerund

• Estar plus the gerund is a form of a verb that
  translates to ing in English. (i.e.) I am
  speaking, I am looking, you are walking, they are
  reading, etc.

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Estar Gerund

• It is conjugated as follows
• The verb Estar
• Estoy
• Estás
• Está
• Estamos
• Estáis
• Están

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Estar Gerund

• ndo

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Estar Gerund

• Ar verbs end in ando and ER/IR verbs end in
  iendo

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Estar Gerund

• To form the gerund, start with the infinitive
• For example
• Caminar-to walk
• Take off the ar ending
• And add the ndo Ending
• Caminar----------------------------------?
  Caminando.

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Estar Gerund

• Hablar ?
• Hablando
• Beber?
• bebiendo
• Volver?
• volviendo
• Mandar?
• mandando
• Descargar?
• descargando

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• There are Irregulars to remember But Why Srta.
  Abro??

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• Because I said so!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• Ir ? yendo

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• Verbs that have conjugations that end in a vowel
  like.. Leer (3rd person, ella leo) or Creer
  (ella creo) etc.. Have an ending of yendo
  instead of iendo or ando..
• Leer (to read) ? leyendo
• Creer (to believe)?creyendo
• Proveer (to provide)?proveyendo
• Caer (to fall)? crayendo
• Traer (to bring)? trayendo

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• Pay attention to stem changers
• O ? ue becomes o? U
• Examples Dormir----Durmiendo, Morir-- muriendo
• E?ie becomes e? I
• Example Sentir-------Sintiendo
• E?I stays E?I
• Examples Pedir---Pidiendo

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• El Fin
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