Spanish Grammar: Estar + Gerundio

Vocabulary practice cards focusing on the Spanish present continuous structure (estar + gerundio), conjugations of estar, regular and irregular gerund endings, and reflexive pronoun attachments.

Estar + Gerundio

The Spanish grammatical construction used to describe actions happening right now, at this exact second, similar to describing a movie scene.

Estoy

The first-person singular (Yo / I) present tense conjugation of the auxiliary verb estar.

Estás

The second-person singular informal (Tú / You) present tense conjugation of the verb estar, written with an accent mark.

Está

The third-person singular (Él/Ella / He/She) present tense conjugation of the verb estar, written with an accent mark.

Estamos

The first-person plural (Nosotros / We) present tense conjugation of the verb estar.

Estáis

The second-person plural informal (Vosotros / You all) present tense conjugation of the verb estar, written with an accent mark.

Están

The third-person plural (Ellos / They) present tense conjugation of the verb estar, written with an accent mark.

-ando

The regular gerund ending attached to the stem of -ar verbs (e.g., hablar becomes hablando).

-iendo

The regular gerund ending attached to the stem of -er and -ir verbs (e.g., beber becomes bebiendo).

Leyendo

The irregular gerund form of the verb leer, where the vowel combination changes to include a y instead of an i (not leiendo).

Durmiendo

The irregular gerund form of the verb dormir, where the stem vowel o changes to u (not dormiendo).

Diciendo

The irregular gerund form of the verb decir.

Oyendo

The irregular gerund form of the verb oír.

Yendo

The short, irregular gerund form of the verb ir.

Duchándome

An example of a reflexive gerund where the reflexive pronoun is attached directly to the end of the verb, requiring a written accent mark.