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Old April 02, 2011, 01:59 PM
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Gerundio

No sé si esta sea una pregunta muy tonta, aunque dicen por ahí que las preguntas tontas no existen..

Todos sabemos que "gerundio" y"gerund" no son sinónimos como mucha gente cree. El "gerundio" en español se usa generalmente con el verbo "estar" (aunque también hay otros verbos que usan el gerundio) y la traducción al inglés sería "present participle". En ambos idiomas se usan en situaciones muy parecidas.

El "gerund" en inglés es capítulo aparte, y por lo que sé, no tiene una exacta traducción en español, como no sea el "infinitivo". ¿Estoy en lo cierto?

Mi pregunta, sigo pensando que es muy tonta, es ¿cómo se llama en inglés la forma verbal -ing usada en el "present participle"?

No sé si la pregunta esté clara.. Yo digo "I am running" y éste es el presente participle. Es ése se el nombre de toda la frase o sólo la forma verbal de "to run"? Si es la frase qué sucede cuando digo "I was running"? la frase está en pasado.. ¿Hay alguna diferencia? sigue siendo "present participle"?

Ya me enredé toda con mi pregunta pero espero que tenga algún sentido y que haya alguien que me la conteste.

¡Mil gracias!

P.D. Sé que la Real Academia ha eliminado en muchos casos la tilde para ése y éste, pero yo crecí usándola y como dicen por ahí "loro viejo no aprende a hablar".
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Old April 02, 2011, 02:45 PM
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I am running (conjugated form of 'to be') + present participle

Present Progressive, or Present Continuous Tense
The present progressive uses a conjugated form of 'to be' (estar) plus the present participle (gerundio). This you already knew.

The English gerund has an equivalent in Spanish; es el infinitivo.
The English infinitive is not the gerund. The gerund looks exactly like the present participle, but the gerund functions as a noun.
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No sé si la pregunta esté clara.. Yo digo "I am running" y éste es el presente participle. Es ése se el nombre de toda la frase o sólo la forma verbal de "to run"? Si es la frase qué sucede cuando digo "I was running"? la frase está en pasado..
"running" is the present participle. "I am running" is known as the present continuous tense, and "I was running" is one form of the imperfect tense.

Edit - beaten to it again.
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Old April 02, 2011, 03:21 PM
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"running" is the present participle. "I am running" is known as the present continuous tense, and "I was running" is one form of the imperfect tense.
Ok,Perikles!! Perfect. You helped me a lot. I was confusing the "present continuous" with the "present participle" (just the terms). I got it right now.

I know how they're used of course, I was just wondering about the terms.

Thanks a lot Perikles.. And Rusty also for your answers
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Old April 03, 2011, 03:11 AM
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Just to round off, English has three separate forms of present tense:
I run (pres.)
I am running (pres. continuous)
I do run (pres. emphatic)

You can have negation in all three (the first one only if your name is Shakespeare) where the third is the most common.
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Old April 03, 2011, 01:54 PM
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Just to round off, English has three separate forms of present tense:
I run (pres.)
I am running (pres. continuous)
I do run (pres. emphatic)

You can have negation in all three (the first one only if your name is Shakespeare) where the third is the most common.
Thank you very much, Perikles.

No, I don't think my name is Shakespeare..
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