Note The nominative of the gerund is supplied by the infinitive. Thus in the example above, the verbal nouns discoursing and distinguishing, if used in the nominative, would be expressed by the infinitives disserere and dīiūdicāre. The gerund is the neuter of the gerundive used impersonally, but retaining the verbal idea sufficiently to Spanishdoes not use gerunds the way English does. In English a gerund is a verb ending in -ing that is used as a noun. That's the important part. Just ending in -ing does not make it a gerund. It might just be a present participle. I like swimming. - Swimming is a gerund, used as a noun. It's a "thing" you like. Thedifference between gerunds and infinitives is that we use a gerund as a noun, while an infinitive is used as a verb. For example, the gerund "running" can be used as a noun, while the infinitive "to run" is used as a verb. Other differences include how they are used in a sentence and how they are formed.
HiHela, I regret doing sth = I feel sorry about sth that I've done before. If you feel regret afterwards, it's regret + ing. I regret telling you the truth= I feel sorry about the truth I have told you before. I regret to do sth = I feel sorry about sth that I'm going to do. If you feel regret before you do it, it's regret + infinitive.
gerundsinfinitives to-infinitive verbals verbals as nouns. In today's lesson we are going to compare two verbals: the gerund and the infinitive. From previous lessons, you learned that a gerund is a verb form that acts like a noun. And an infinitive is also a verb form that can take the form of a noun, an adjective, and an adverb.
First here is an example of a gerund phrase in a sentence. Eating a slice of pie quickly is a recipe for disaster. So, we can breakdown the gerund phrase like so: The gerund in the sentence is eating. (Remember, a gerund is a noun that is formed by adding the -ing suffix to a verb.) The Gerund phrase object in the sentence (the thing being
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