• take off -ar, add -ando

hablar--> hablando
to talk-->talking

• take off -er/-ir, add -iendo

correr--> corriendo

to run--> running

Gerund

Yo estoy

Tú estás

Él/Ella/Usted está

Nosotros estamos

Ellos/Ellas/Uds. están

Conjugations of estar (to be)

Estar+ gerund

Uses

To say what someone is doing right now.

You use the present progressive to talk about what you are doing currently:

Los chicos están corriendo.
The boys are running.

La mujer está gritando.

The woman is yelling.

Irregulares

Important irregular gerunds:

ir--> yendo
to go--> going

leer-->leyendo

to read-->reading