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gerund [ˈdʒerənd] N

gerund

геру́ндий m

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

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

A sort of gerund can be formed by adding "-y", transforming the verb into a noun. en.wikipedia.org

The present participle and gerund forms of verbs, ending in "-ing", are always regular. en.wikipedia.org

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

Negation encircles a conjugated verb with "ne" after the subject and the connegative after verb, if the verb is finite or a gerund. en.wikipedia.org

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

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

The gerund also expresses the structure instead of. en.wikipedia.org

Interestingly, there are several suffixes that indicate different types of gerunds: past, singular, and plural. en.wikipedia.org

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