Table 10.29Non-finite forms (regular verbs)
Hablar Beber Subir
Infinitive hablar beber subir
Gerund hablando bebiendo subiendo
Past participle hablado bebido subido
Irregular gerunds
All -irradical changing verbs exhibit a vowel change in the gerund. This
is nearly always e> i:
pedir pidiendo ask
servir sirviendo serve
decir diciendo say
venir viniendo come
However, in morir‘die’, dormir‘sleep’ and poder‘be able’ the change is
o> u, as in durmiendo.
Most -erand -irverbs whose stem ends in a vowel have ayto avoid an
unstressed ibetween vowels:
leer leyendo read
huir huyendo flee
oír oyendo hear
traer trayendo bring
However, reír‘laugh’ and freír‘fry’ take the forms riendoand friendo. The
verb ir‘go’ takes the form yendo.
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