Mexican Spanish for English speakers Farm · Lesson 3

Actions at the moment

Mexican Spanish gerund — Está cacareando (it's crowing) — using -ndo for present continuous.

Conversation

  1. Meera Meera

    ¿Dónde está el gallo?

    Where's the rooster

  2. Muri Muri

    Está arriba de la cerca. Está cacareando

    On the fence. It's crowing

  3. Meera Meera

    ¿Y los cerdos?

    And the pigs?

  4. Muri Muri

    Están comiendo ¿Los ves?

    They're eating. Can you see?

Common questions

Quick answers about this lesson's grammar and vocabulary.

How do you form gerund in Mexican Spanish?

Estar + verb + -ando/-iendo: Estoy comiendo (I'm eating), está cantando (it's singing). Present continuous.

When to use gerund vs present?

Gerund for ongoing actions: Está lloviendo (it's raining now). Present: Llueve a menudo (it rains often). Spanish uses simple present more than English.

Mexican Spanish для farm sounds?

Cacarear (chickens crow / cluck), mugir (cow moos), ladrar (dog barks), maullar (cat meows), relinchar (horse whinnies).