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gerund <a gerund; gerunds> N

gerund

اسم المصدر

gerund LING

صِيغَةُ مَصْدَر لُغَة

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English

The grammatically dependent implication (i.e. independent of context, speech and syntax) of disapproval for this type of gerund is rather weak, though present. en.wikipedia.org

Exception to this rule make the imperative and the gerund, which require the unstressed form bound at the end of the verb. en.wikipedia.org

What looks like an ablative gerund is usually an adverb; the ending "-meden" usually has the sense of without. en.wikipedia.org

Another regionalism can be found in the south with the use of the gerund in the present progressive tense rather than the infinitive. en.wikipedia.org

Gerund is a verbal adverb and always invariable. en.wikipedia.org

But the gerund "-ing" and the present participle "-ing" actually have different etymologies. en.wikipedia.org

There may be more than one gerund in one sentence. en.wikipedia.org

The characteristic is "-meli", where "-li" forms adjectives from nouns, and "-me" forms gerunds from verb-stems. en.wikipedia.org

The present participle/gerund is formed by adding "-ing", again with the application of certain spelling rules similar to those that apply with "-ed". en.wikipedia.org

The gerund can be used in combination with the verb "stare" to create continuous expressions. en.wikipedia.org

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