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Hace 1 día · For example, in the sentence “swimming is my favorite hobby,” “swimming” is a gerund. It comes from the verb “to swim” but in this sentence, it talks about a hobby, not the action of swimming. Before we dive in, I’d like to highlight that this article will focus on gerunds, not the present continuous tense.
Hace 3 días · A verb in its infinitive form is an unconjugated verb. It doesn’t describe who performed an action (subject) or when it occurred (tense). There are three types of infinitive verbs in Spanish: -ar, -er, and -ir. The infinitive verb endings – ar, -er, and -ir indicate the conjugation model of a verb.
Hace 5 días · The infinitive being more usual for actions that cannot be controlled by us or are short; the gerund, for long voluntary actions. In the following cases, however, they take the infinitive: It's beginning/starting to clear up.
Hace 4 días · 59. 54. When it comes to "try + infinitive" or "try + gerund," it depends on the situation. We use "try + infinitive" when we want to attempt something new or do something for the first time, like "I'll try to bake a cake." On the other hand, we use "try + gerund" when we want to experiment with a new method or approach, like "I'll try baking a ...
Hace 3 días · Reflexive verbs describe that a subject (person) is performing an action on itself. Additionally, in their natural (infinitive) form, reflexive verbs end with ‘se’. Non-reflexive verbs express that an action is performed by a subject and received by a different object. Its endings are: ‘-ar’, ‘-er’ and ‘-ir’.
Hace 2 días · Do we use 'regret' with an 'ing' verb or with 'to' plus infinitive? Watch this video to find out – you won't regret it. 'Regret' is a verb. It means 'to feel bad about a past action or situation'.
Hace 4 días · try doing = test something out, see what the results are try to do = make an effort, do something that failed or is likely to fail I tried to fix the computer, but I couldn't figure out the problem. (= I made an effort to do it) I tried replacing the hard drive, but that wasn't the problem. (= I tested it to see if it would help) If you try to eat the soup now, you'll burn your mouth. (= you ...
