Friday, September 9, 2011

Talking about health.

 ¡Hola!

¿Qué tal?

Realmente, estoy enfermo por un mes.

Es difícil.

Tengo tos y tengo un dolor de garganta.

Sin embargo, estoy mejorando.

Menings


realmente     - actually

estoy enfermo     - I'm sick.
por un mes.     - for a month.
tengo    - I have
tos    - cough
y    - and
un dolor de garganta    - a sore throat
sin embargo    - nevertheless, however
estoy mejorando.    - I'm getting better. 


Verb Conjugation for "mejorar"

Infinitive: mejorar
Gerund: mejorando
Participle: mejorado

mejorar v.
    - improve, make better, increase in quality, enhance; become better, recuperate; fix up, repair; upgrade; gain; break, do better than

mejorar 
[generalmente] to improve
[enfermo] to make better

To form the gerund,
remove the infinitive ending (-ar, -er, or -ir) of a verb and add -ando for -ar verbs, and -iendo for -er and -ir verbs:
     comer (eat) - comiendo (eating)

*There are exceptions.

If the verb stem ends with in a vowel, you must change the ending -iendo to -yendo:
     Ex) leer - leiendo this is wrong. - leyendo

You can learn more about :
http://users.ipfw.edu/jehle/courses/gerund.htm

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