Forming irregular gerunds: morir, dormir, poder
Reminder: regular gerundio forms of verbs (equivalent to “-ing” in English) are formed by adding -ando or -iendo, depending on the infinitive.
Estoy cantando una milonga (cantar → cantando)
I'm singing a milonga (cantar [to sing] → cantando [singing])
Salió corriendo de la casa (correr → corriendo)
He left the house running (correr [to run] → corriendo [running])
To form a gerund with the verbs morir (to die), dormir (to sleep) and poder (can, to be able to), we change the letter -o for -u:
- morir → muriendo (to die → dying)
Oí que Betty se estaba muriendo.
I heard that Betty was dying.
- dormir → durmiendo (to sleep → sleeping)
Magda está durmiendo en la piscina.
Magda is sleeping in the pool.
- poder → pudiendo (to be able to → being able to)
No pudiendo dormir, miré una película.
Not being able to sleep, I watched a movie.
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