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Jun 2, 2012 06:10
I am shy when it comes to speaking but I need to overcome this fear!

Please, would you mind tell me if this is right? I don't understand the "-ing" in "speaking", is it a wrong?
Jun 2, 2012 06:16
  • Please, would you mind tell me if this is right?

  • Please, would you mind telling me if this is right?

 

"-ing" makes a verb an active verb.
Run/running
talk/talking
swim/swimming
chatting
driving
eating
dancing

Tu sabe?

Jun 2, 2012 06:39 Félix
Oh! Thank you very much.

Jun 2, 2012 06:44
You're welcome.☺
Paulina
Jun 6, 2012 05:40

I think this concept can be quite confusing to Spanish speakers because in English we use gerunds (los gerundios) a LOT whereas in Spanish they are lot less frequent. When a verb is being referred to as a noun, in Spanish the infinitive form is usually used ("me gusta nadar"; no se dice "me gusta nadando") but in English we almost always use the gerund. So we say "I like swimming." You can also say "I like to swim" but the gerund form tends to be more frequently used.

Jun 6, 2012 21:13 Félix
Thank you very much Pulina. This help me a lot.

Best wishes,
sunnyhc
Jun 9, 2012 05:18
  • I am shy when it comes to speaking but I need to overcome this fear!

  • I am shy when it comes to speaking, but I need to overcome this fear!

    Add a "," before the word but

 
  • Please, would you mind tell me if this is right?

  • Please, would you mind tell me if this is right?

    This sentence is correct.

 
  • I don't understand the "-ing" in "speaking", is it a wrong?

  • I don't understand the "-ing" in "speaking", is it a wrong?

    You can add "ing" to a verb to make it continuous. In Spanish you would use the ending "-iendo or --iando" and in English you use the ending "-ing". Does this make sense?

 

Jun 9, 2012 07:00 Félix
Thank you so much. When you think of it, yes, it is very similar.

Thanks again.
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