Changes to the Gerund

Spanish: Cambridge International GCSE, topic 10.3.2

Stems Ending in a Vowel

When the last letter of a verb stem is a vowel, the ER and IR gerund changes. Instead of 'iendo' it becomes 'yendo'. For example:

Ir → yendo

Ir → yendo

Oír → oyendo

Oír → oyendo

Creer → creyendo

Creer → creyendo

Construir → construyendo

Construir → construyendo

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