Gerúndio

ou Gerund?

To start this conversation, make sure that:

Gerúndio é a palavra que usamos no português
para o que, no inglês, chamamos de continuous.
Gerund is a noun or a verb.
 Admit — I admit committing a mistake, and I am sorry.

Enjoy — I enjoy going out with friends.

Appreciate —I appreciate you taking the time to help.

Deny — You can’t deny being in love.

Mind —Would you mind closing the door when you leave?
Before it gets too Understand — I can understand being upset.
hard, remember: Avoid — I wish to avoid small talking.
there are verbs Finish — I finished writing my book.
followed by Consider — One should consider caring about oneself.
geruds.
Can’t help — I can’t help falling in love with you.
(remember to see
Imagine —Imagine living on the beach.
the list)
 Studying Running
was harder may help
when I was you to sleep
younger. better.
Use gerund as subjects
on the phrase. They have
the same translation as
the (base) verb, but it Writting is a
Fighting will
conjugate verbs. good way to
not help us
remember
now.
ps: even though you can some details
use to infinitive in this
cases, it is less common
and very “Shakesperean”.
To make it clearer, lets
compare, shall we?

In cases with adjectives, if we

use the adjective before, we Indeed, is not easy to
shall not use gerund, but to Learning is not easy.
learn.
infinitive. If the adjective
comes after, the phrase can
start with a gerund.

I shall agree with you, it

Learning rules is not is not superb to learn
superb. rules.
 It is a good Going out
thing to have with her was
a friend to a bad idea.
share.
Another
You should
comparison, aight? ask her to
Sharing with
Nouns and a friend is a go out on a
pronouns that refer good thing. date.
to people should
always be followed
by to infinitive.