3. 4/16 Spaobs 5,6, May Flashcards
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I know Jaime has been pruning the fruit trees in front of the cabin because they have a good shape.
Sé que Jaime ha estado podando los árboles frutales que hay delante de la cabaña porque tienen una buena forma.
Also can say with out the que hay
What is a gerund? Answer in English.
the gerund in Spanish is a verb form that ends in ‘ando/iendo’ and is used as a compound verb (two or more verbs together) as an adverb or something else that I don’t know. estoy estudiando - also called the present participle, like English verbs ending in “ing” I am studying.
null and void/zero
nulo - adj
She hit him in broad daylight.
Le pegó a plena luz del día.
Le here is an Indirect Object PN and NOT a DO and means HIM. LE refers to the PERSON that received the hit.
It is a weird thing but is used with words like dar, pegar, decir and the IOPN is LE not lo. I don´t really get it but this is a whole thing to study some other day.
A plena luz is about time and is the same as a mediodía, a primera hora, needs the a
Jackie said everything had been going well until the kids´stepmother started complaining about something.
Jackie dijo que todo había estado yendo bien hasta que la madrasta de los niños empezó a quejarse de algo.
perfect progreessive had-had + been + gerund
había + estar + gerund
the present participle
el gerundio
Verbs that change their stems in the present indicative and past tense also tend to change in their present participle/gerund form.
Los verbos que cambian de tallo en presente indicativo y pretérito también suelen cambiar en su forma de participio presente/gerundio.
irregular gerunds that change e to i, answer the examples in spanish (the verb and the gerund)
to feel
to say/tell
to ask
to boil
to lie
to prefer
to follow/continue
sentir - sintiendo
decir - diciendo
hervir - hirviendo
mentir - mintiendo
preferir - prefiriendo
seguir - siguiendo
irregular gerunds that change o to u, answer the examples in spanish (the verb and the gerund)
to be able to(ability or possibilityof doing something)/can/power
to sleep
to die
poder - pudiendo
dormir - durmiendo
morir - muriendo
The poor dog was dying but she saved him.
El pobre perro se estaba muriendo pero ella lo salvó.
For irregular gerunds/present participles, if the stem of an er or ir verb ends in a vowel, iendo changes to yendo
Para los gerundios/participios de presente irregulares, si la raíz/el tallo de un verbo er o ir termina en vocal, iendo cambia a yendo.
irregular gerunds/present participles, give ver and the participle
to read
to believe
to escape/flee
to reduce/decrease
to bring
to go
leer - leyendo
creer - creyendo
huir - huyendo
disminuir - disminuyendo
traer - trayendo
ir - yendo
He was frying the fish while she was laughing.
Él estaba friendo el pescado mientras ella estaba riendo.
ie verbs that change e to i and have an e right before the ir, lose the e from the stem
freír - friendo
reír - riendo
in present or imperfet tense, gerund/present participle can be used with verbs other than estar (the conjugated verb followed by a gerund (or infinitive) (just give examples in Spanish of some of the other verbs that can be used)
andar, continuar, seguir, venir, llevar
The boys were walking along singing.
Los muchachos andan cantando.
I´ve been thinking about that.
Vengo pensando.
vengo indicates continuation of action
pensando indicates action in progress
He estado pensando also
