Gerundio

GERUND

It is the substantive version of the verb that ends in -ing in English and with -endo or ando in Spanish

Gramatical rules

Use

1° The verbs of a syllable ending in a single vowel followed by a consonant will repeat the consonant at the end before adding -ing

*cut--cutting *dig--digging

2° If a verb with two or more syllables ends in a vowel followed by a consonant and the last syllable is accentuated, the end consonant will be repeated before -ing

* admit--admitting *begin--beginning

3° If the basic form of a verb ends in ic, add the letter k before adding -ing

*panic--panicking *traffic--trafficking

4° If the basic form of a verb ends in a consonant followed by the e, e will be removed before adding -ing

*dance--dancing

*come--coming

5° If the basic form of a verb ends in ie, the ie will be changed to y before adding -ing

*lie--lying *die--dying

It does not apply to verbs that end in one more vowel (y)

The verb to be does not follow the rule therefore it will being