{"id":6624,"date":"2015-07-30T05:37:42","date_gmt":"2015-07-30T04:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english-munich.de\/blog\/?page_id=6624"},"modified":"2020-11-09T10:25:38","modified_gmt":"2020-11-09T09:25:38","slug":"infinitive-gerund-unterschied","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/english-munich.de\/blog\/en\/infinitive-gerund-unterschied\/","title":{"rendered":"infinitve - gerund - difference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"translation-block\"><em>Infinitiv and gerund<\/em> are sentence structures that in other languages are formed by sub-clauses. Often times it is very difficult to transfer them literally into another language.<\/p>\n<h2>gerund<\/h2>\n<p class=\"translation-block\">certain verbs require to be followed by a <em>gerund<\/em> as an object.<\/p>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-68\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-68\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">verbs of liking and not liking<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">verbs of beginning and stopping<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">other verbs<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">like doing<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">begin doing<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">avoid doing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">love doing<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">start doing<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">imagine doing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">prefer doing<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">carry on doing<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">practise doing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">(not) mind doing<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">continue doing<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">risk doing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">hate doing<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">give up doing<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">suggest doing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-68 from cache -->\n<p class=\"translation-block\">\u2794 <em>like, love hate, prefer <\/em> use optinally <em> gerund<\/em> or der<em> to- infinitive<\/em><br> \u2794 <em>would like, love hate, prefer <\/em> is to be followed by <em>to-infinitive<\/em> only.<\/p>\n<p>I <em>love drinking<\/em> lemonade.<br \/>\nI<em> would love to drink<\/em> a lemonade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"translation-block\">\u2794 Verbs of beginning optinally use<em> to-infintive<\/em> as well as <em>gerund<\/em>.<br> However,<em> to-infinitiv<\/em> relates to a <em>short one-off action<\/em>, <em>gerund<\/em> to one of<em> longer duration<\/em> .<\/p>\n<h2>to infinitive<\/h2>\n<p class=\"translation-block\">\u2794 the following verbs are used <em>only<\/em> followed by <em>to-infinitve<\/em> :<\/p>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-69\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-69\">\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">afford<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">manage<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">refuse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">decide<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">offer<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">seem<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">hope<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">plan<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">want<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">learn<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">promise<\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-69 from cache -->\n<p><em>He hoped to marry her.<br \/>\nShe cannot afford to lose the customer.<br \/>\nWe refuse to work on Sunday.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>gerund after prepositions<\/h2>\n<p class=\"translation-block\">\u2794 If a verb is used after an expression requiring a <em>preposition<\/em>, it needs to be as a gerund.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/90bbvN3fFcU\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-70\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-70\">\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">apologize for doing something<br \/>\n\/<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">look forward to doing something<br \/>\n\/<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">be against doing something<br \/>\n\/<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">speak about doing something<br \/>\n\/<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">be used to doing something<br \/>\n\/<br \/>\n\/<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">thank somebody for doing something<br \/>\nsich bei jemandem bedanken<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">dream of\/about doing  something \/<br \/>\nvon etwas tr\u00e4umen<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">think of\/about doing something \/<br \/>\n\/<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">feel like doing something<br \/>\n\/<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">worry about doing something<br \/>\n\/<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-70 from cache -->\n<h2>gerund \u2013 to infinitive \u2013 shift in meaning<\/h2>\n<p class=\"translation-block\">Some verbs change between <em>gerund <\/em> and <em> to-infinitive <\/em> and according to context also change their meaning. As a rule-of-thumb, <em>to-infinitve<\/em> relates to a one-time-action while <em>gerund <\/em> is used more in connection with a recurring action.<\/p>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-71\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-71\">\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">to stop to smoke<br \/>\nfor a break<br \/>\n<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">stop smoking<br \/>\nquit smoking comletely<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">not to forget to do something<br \/>\nas a<br \/>\nreminder<br \/>\n<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">I will never forget kissing my girlfriend for the first time.<br \/>\nmemory<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">He tried to phone you.<br \/>\none time<br \/>\n <\/td><td class=\"column-2\">He tried giving up smoking.<br \/>\nseveral attempts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">I regret to inform you.<br \/>\nto regret in context of a certain occasion<br \/>\n<br \/>\n <\/td><td class=\"column-2\"> I regret not studying.<br \/>\nregretting something generally<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"> go on to read the text<br \/>\nearlier you did something else<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">go on reading the text<br \/>\ncontinue (you were just reading the text)<br \/>\n<br \/>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-71 from cache -->\n<h2>gerund \u2013 to infinitive \u2013 difference - exersises<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/english-munich.de\/blog\/en\/gerund-oder-to-infinitve\/\"><button> gerund \/ to-infinitive exercises <\/button><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Infinitiv und Gerund sind im Englischen Ausdrucksweisen, die dem deutschen Infinitiv mit zu oder verk\u00fcrzten Nebens\u00e4tzen entsprechen. Einige Wendungen sind im Englischen aber ganz anders als im Deutschen und m\u00fcssen deshalb komplett anders \u00fcbersetzt werden: gerund auf bestimmte Verben folgt im Englischen eine -ing Form als Objekt: \u2794 Auf like, love hate, prefer kann entweder [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-6624","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/english-munich.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/english-munich.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/english-munich.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english-munich.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english-munich.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6624"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/english-munich.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7357,"href":"https:\/\/english-munich.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6624\/revisions\/7357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/english-munich.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}