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.

Before it gets too Mind —Would you mind closing the door when you leave?

hard, remember: Understand — I can understand being upset.

there are verbs Avoid — I wish to avoid small talking.

followed by Finish — I finished writing my book.

geruds. Consider — One should consider caring about oneself.

(remember to see Can’t help — I can’t help falling in love with you.

the list) Imagine —Imagine living on the beach.

 Studying was Running may
harder when I help you to
was younger. sleep better.
Use gerund as subjects on
the phrase. They have the
same translation as the
(base) verb, but it Writting is a
conjugate verbs. Fighting will
good way to
not help us
remember
ps: even though you can now.
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 shall not Indeed, is not
use gerund, but to infinitive. If Learning is not easy.
easy to learn.
the adjective comes after, the
phrase can start with a gerund.

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