Comments on: Spanish II Present Progressive/IFCommands

By: Tcgodsey

Tcgodsey — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:13:27 +0000

I thought todays assignment was cool, and I learned more about Spanish. Present progressive is talking about stuff going on in your life right now. Verbs ending in AR you add ando. Verbs ending in IR and ER you drop the IR and ER and add indo. But if the verb ends in a vowel you add yendo. Informal commands are used to give a command. When using this commend you take the “s” off the verb.

By: MBCook

MBCook — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:07:40 +0000

The present progressive verb form in Spanish is rather simple to use. First, you take your infinitive (unconjugated verb) such as hablar. Next, depending on the ending of your verb (-AR, -ER, or -IR) you attach the appropriate ending to the stem of the verb. If it is an -AR verb, you attach -ando to the end, and if it is an -ER or -IR verb, you attach -iendo. For example, hablar becomes hablando and escribir becomes escribiendo. One exception is verbs that end in a vowel, such as leer. With verbs such as this you add -yendo to the stem. So leer becomes leyendo. Now, you’re not finished yet, you have to include the appropriate form of the verb estar in front of it. So if I wanted to say “She is speaking right now.” I would write Ella esta hablando. That’s all there is to it!

Now I will inform you about how to use informal commands in Spanish. These are commands you would use when talking to people you would address informally (hence the name) as “you”. To do this, you think you would use the conjugated “tu” form of the verb, but instead you use the third person singular form. For example, to tell you to sing, I would say “Canta”. I am talking to you, but I conjugate the verb in the third person. See how terribly easy that is! However, as with most Spanish things, there are some verbs that behave irregularly when used as informal commands. These you just have to memorize. Some of them are Haz – do, make!; ve – go!; vete – go away!; pon – put!; and ven – come!. Although these might be a bit tricky to memorize, once you do, it is really simple.

Today’s assignment was pretty easy. I liked that the podcast was kind of a review before the quiz, it reminded me of some of the irregular verbs I had forgotten, and made the quiz easy. I enjoyed getting to explain about the informal commands and present progressive forms of verbs. I enjoyed today’s assignment.

By: btedford

btedford — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:06:56 +0000

To use the present progressive in Spanish, you have to use the verb estar + the present participle of the verb. For AR verbs, you drop the -ar off and add -ando. For ER and IR verbs, you drop the -er or -ir off and add -iendo. For the ER and IR verbs whose stem ends in a vowel, you have to change the -iendo to -yendo. Some examples of the present progressive are: Yo estoy hablando. Yo estoy comiendo. Ellos estan escribiendo. Nosotros estamos leyendo. To give informal commands, all you have to do is drop the -s ending of the verb or use the 3rd person singular. Examples: Tu come la comida. Tu corta el cesped. Some commands are irregular. Some commands that are irregular are: haz (hacer); ve (ir); vete (ir + te); pon (poner); ven (venir). Examples: Haz la tarea. Ve a la tienda. Pon los globos aqui. I liked the assignment today and it helped me to learn how to give informal commands better.

By: tdobbs

tdobbs — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:06:03 +0000

Present progressive verbs are used to talk about what is happening right now. When you are using the present progressive form of a verb, you are required to use the verb estar. For example- Estoy hablando. Also you must drop the ending to your “ar” verb and add “ando”. This also applies to the “er” and “ir” verbs and change them to “iendo”. There is though an exception where if you drop the ending, and still have a vowel at the end of the word, instead of changing it to “iendo” you change it to “yendo”.

Informal commands are used with people you would address as “tu”. To use the informal commands, drop the “-s” endings of the verb. For example- “Tu habla espanol.” This is telling someone to speak Spanish. Some commands are irregular. Some of these irregular commands are: haz (hacer), pon (poner), ve (ir), ven (venir), vete (ir + te).

The assignment for today was pretty easy. It helped me out because I didn’t completely know the verbs that the irregular verbs originated from. It helped me review the present progressive verbs and the informal commands and refreshed my mind.

By: Amwalker

Amwalker — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:05:32 +0000

Present Progressive- Is used to talk about what is going on right now in the present. When you are dealing with ar verbs you drop the –ar and add -ando. (ex. hablando) For er and ir verbs you have to add iendo to the end. (Ex. comiendo and escribiendo) If the end is a vowel change the iendo to yendo. This assignment was very easy. And by you recording our lesson it helps out a lot.

By: astephenson

astephenson — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:00:30 +0000

The way you would use the present progressive is if you wanted to say you are doing something right now. All you have to do is add -ando for AR verbs and -iendo for ER and IR verbs. There is one catch though, if it is an ER or IR verb you will have to change it to -yendo if it has a vowel after you drop the ER or IR part of the verb. For example if I wanted to say I am singing now you would say Yo cantando.

You use informal commands to tell someone to do something. To use an informal command you would drop the -s off of the 2nd person after you conjugate it to the 2nd person so all you really do is use the 3rd person singular and add tu- in the front of the word. For example: tu habla means Speak!. Another example is Vete! which means Go Away!

I really like the lesson today. I think I will be able to remember it better since I got to explain it in my own words of how it’s done. I like using the podcast and reviewing using technology. As long as you listen to the podcast you should be able to do good on the assignment, when you have a podcast on here, but, this is a great review in my opinion.

By: lnbales

lnbales — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:00:14 +0000

Present Progressive verbs are kinda simple, you use the verb estar plus the present participle. On some words you have to put different endings. For example: for ar verbs add ando, for er and ir verbs add iendo. For the verb leer you have to either put iendo or yendo. Today’s assignment was easy and i gave me a lot of practice.

By: jrharper

jrharper — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:58:13 +0000

Today in Spanish II we heard a podcast about present proggesives and informal commands. In using present proggesives, you are required to use the verb estar. In using informal commands, you give yourself or someone else a command. Todays assignment was a little difficult only because i put the wrong vocab.

By: dwhopson

dwhopson — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:57:22 +0000

Present Progressive, for ar verbs add ando to the end, ex.(hablando). In er and ir verbs add iendo, ex. (escribiendo)
In a case where the last leter of the word is after a vowel you drop the ‘I’ and add yendo. Informal commands tell people to do things like. ex. (Habla espanol.)-which means you speak spanish. All you do to give an informal command is to drop the last letter of the verd and add the third person ending to it and ur done

By: japipkins

japipkins — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:57:04 +0000

How to use preasent progressives: On “ar” verbs drop the “ar” and add “ando”. On “er” and “ir” verbs drop “er” and “ir” and add “iendo”. If the verb ending in “er” or “ir” ends in a vowel you change the “i” on “iendo” to a “y”. (yendo).
How to use informal commands: on the 3rd person tu form, to tell someone to do something you simply drop the “s”.
Ex: to say “speak spanish” it would be “habla espanol”
Todays assignment was accually realy fun. I litterally enjoyed it today. We listen to a podcast then took a test on preasent progressives and informal commands. Loved it!!!