Re: Gerund

Dan Rempel wrote:
And, while I'm all questiony-like, does anyone know why the '-te' form
of verbs is referred to as a gerund? I'll hold off on (doncha love
English?) elaborating in case the answer is so stunningly obvious that
anything else I say will cause major Hugh-age.

I imagine that the intention is to refer to the 連用形 base /
conjugation as gerund. て (from つ) is a well known 助動詞 that
attaches to it, but it should not be included when talking about the
gerund.

Examples... 受付, a noun, is the 連用形 ("gerund") of the verb
受け付ける. It means 受け付けること, similar to Jim's swim
/ swimming.

Ben Monroe
Tokyo, Japan

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