The -ing form of a verb is called a gerund.

动词的-ing形式叫做动名词。

But eating at home, that's a gerund and that is acting as a noun.

但是“在家里吃饭”，这是一个动名词，而相当于一个名词。

The -ing form of a verb is called a gerund. It acts like a noun.

动词的-ing 形式被称为动名词。充当名词作用。

Did you find the gerund? It was " coming" .

你找到动名词了吗？ 是" coming" 。

One kind of verbal phrase is called a gerund, the " ing" form of a verb.

有一种动词短语叫做动名词，动词的“ing”形式。

This is basically a gerund expression, a gerund phrase, but we can't use this with a clause.

实质上这是一个动名词，但我们不和从句一起用。

Also the noun in the gerund, okay?

后面也是动名词。

Another verb-like structure we examined are gerunds.

我们研究的另一个类似动词的结构是动名词。

So make sure that you follow them with a gerund.

一定要在后面跟着一个动名词。

First things first, what are gerunds and infinitives?

首先，什么是动名词和不定式？

Gerunds are verb forms that act as nouns.

动名词是充当名词的动词形式。

He is using gerunds quite effectively.

他很有效地使用了动名词。

In this example, both seeing and believing are gerunds.

在这个例子中，看到和相信都是动名词。

It's always followed by a noun or a gerund.

后面总是跟一个名词或动名词。

Now, here, this word is actually not a gerund and it's not really a verb either.

那么，这个单词实际上不是一个动名词，也算不上是动词。

We can use gerunds to talk about activities instead of objects.

我们用动名词来表示做某事而不是特指某物。

In this sentence, " walking" is a gerund and is the subject.

在这个句子中，“walking”是动名词，而且是句子的主语。

As a reminder, a gerund is a noun ending in -ing.

提醒一下，动名词是以 -ing 结尾的名词。

Just add -ing to the verb to form the gerund.

只要在动词后面加 -ing 就可以构成动名词。

Remember how gerunds act like nouns?

还记得动名词是如何充当名词的吗？