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The gerund
To-infinitive
Bare infinitive
1. Gerund
Study the following examples:
Translate:
Kajenje tu ni dovoljeno.
Smoking isn‘t allowed here.
1. Gerund is used
as a noun in the place of the subject/object.
Translate:
Ko sem ga videl se nisem mogel pomagati, da si
ne bi pomagal.
When I saw him I couldn‘t help laughing.
2. Gerund is used
after „can‘t bear, can‘t stand, can‘t bear.“
Translate:
Rad poslušam kantri glasbo.
I like listening country music.
3. Gerund is used
after „love, like, dislike, hate, enjoy, prefer“, when we‘re talking
about hobbies and pleasure.
BUT!
Translate:
Rad poslušam kantri glasbo preden grem v posteljo.
I like to listen to country music before I go to bed.
4. Gerund is used
after „I‘m busy, it‘s no use, it‘s not good, it‘s (not) worth,
there‘s no point (in), be/get used to, have difficulty (in)“
Translate:
Vsako zimo gremo smučat.
We go skiing every winter.
5. Gerund is used
after „go“ to talk about physical activities.
Translate:
Ne izgubljaj časa z igranjem računalniških igric.
Don‘t waste your time playing computer
games.
6. Gerund is used
after „spend/waste time.“
Translate:
Uspešno je opravila izpit (in to) brez učenja.
She passed the exam without studying.
7. Gerund is used
after prepositions.
Translate:
Videl sem jo pripravljati kosilo.
I saw her making lunch.
8. Gerund is used
after verbs of perception, to express an incomplete action.
BUT!
Videl sem jo pripraviti kosilo.
I saw her make lunch.
We use „bare infinitive“ to express a complete action.
BUT!
Videna je bila, medtem ko je pripravljala kosilo.
She was seen to make lunch.
We use „to infinitive“ with verb of perception used in passive voice.
Translate:
Predlagam, da gremo po sestanku na kosilo.
I suggest going to lunch after the meeting.
BUT!
I was made to drink milk .
make/let + passive
She helped ME (to) do homework.