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When not to use the gerund
Hola todos!
I created a DO and DON'T list The present progressive and if it requires a gerund progressive) or an infinitive. Do Use the gerund 1> Estoy mirándole I am watching him (implies right now -present progressive) 2> He estado hablando I have been speaking 3> Estaba viajandoi was traveling (implies still currently traveling) 4> Estuve viajandoI was traveling (implies not currently traveling) 5> Estaré viajando,I will be traveling 6> Estaría mirándole I would be watching him. Do not use the gerund 7> I like to dance Me gusta bailar 8> We are eating at 7 "Nosotros comer a las siete" .
13> She has a man-eating tigerTiene un tigreque come hombres. I would love input particularly on 9, 10 Thank you all |
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when not to use the gerund
¡Hola a Rusty y todos!
I have rewritten my notes to (I HOPE CORRECTLY) to include your corrections. Thank you very much for your help DoUse the gerundio: mirando, viajando, escribiendo, and so on ...when constructing progressives (use estar + gerundio) 01> I am watching him. Estoy mirándolo, (implies right now - present progressive) 02> I have been speaking. He estado hablando. 03> I was traveling. Estaba viajando, (implies still currently traveling -past progressive) 04> I was traveling. Estuve viajando, (implies not currently traveling -past progressive) 05> I will be traveling. Estaré viajando, (-future progressive) 06> I would be watching him. Estaría mirándolo, (-conditional progressive) Do NOT use the gerundiooutside of the progrssives (recast to use the infinitive instead) . Recasting the sentence allows the use of the infinitive, as a close equivalent to the English gerund. 07> I like dancing, (recast asI like to dance or It is pleasing to me to dance), Me gusta bailar. 08> We are eating at 7, (recast as We eat at 7), Nosotros comemos a las siete. 09> Seeing is believing, (recast as To see is to believe), Ver es creer. 10> Speaking Spanish is fun, (recast as To speak Spanish is fun), Hablar español es divertido. 11> I like eating. (recast as It is pleasing to me to eat), Me gusta comer. 12> I bought the running shoes. (recast as I bought the shoes to run), Compré los zapatos de correr. 13> She has a man-eating tiger. (She has a tiger that eats men), Ella tiene un tigre que come hombres. Note: In English, the gerund can be used as an adjective. Not so in Spanish. You use the prepositional phrase with an infinitive as its object. I hope the above indicates my understanding of what you wrote me |
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