Lesson on Infinitive vs Present Participle

• When expressing an action in progress either in the past or present (e.g. estoy hablando, estuve hablando)

-ing (Present Participle)

• With infinitive verb phrases as we've already learned (e.g. voy a comer, tengo que hablar)

Infintives

Seems pretty simple except....

• In English, we often use the present participle (-ing) in several occasions where in Spanish we must use the INFINITIVE.

Me gusta nadar

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Ganar es divertido

Viajar me hace feliz

SPANISH

Swimming is pleasing to me. (ie. I like swimming)

Winning is fun.

Traveling makes me happy

ENGLISH

Estoy pensando en ir a España.

Después de estudiar, duermo.

Antes de ir a la escuela, como.

Gracias por venir

SPANISH

I thinking about going to Spain

After studying, I'll sleep.

Before going to school, I eat.

Thanks for coming.

ENGLISH

• She arrived running (because she was late). = Ella llegó corriendo....

• We spoke yelling (at the concert). = Hablabos gritando...

• She came sleeping (in the car). = Vino durmiendo...

• You keep talking = Sigues hablando...

To indicate the manner in which someone is doing/did something