- Present gerunds are formed from the third person plural, present tense, by dropping the endings -ут, -ют or -ат, -ят and adding -я or -a to the stem. The ending -a is added to stems ending in -ж, -ч, -ш, -щ.
Irregular Formation
1. The group of verbs ending in -вать preceded by да-, зна- or стa- form their gerund from the infinitive.
2. Present gerunds may end occasionally in -учи or -ючи. This is usually limited to colloquial speech, folksongs or set expressions.
3. From many verbs, the present gerund is either not formed at all, or practically never used. To these belong:
(a) The verbs with no vowel in the stem of the present tense, such as: ждать (to wait) – жду, ждёшь; врать (to tell lies) – вру, врёшь.
(b) The verbs ending in -чь, such as: мочь – to be able; жечь – to burn (transitive).
(c) The verbs with the suffix -нуть, such as: гибнуть – to perish; мокнуть – to get wet.
(d) The verbs below, and a few others:
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