0 a form of a verb that in English ends in -ing and comes after another verb to show continuous action. It is used to form the present continuous: --
1 a form of a verb that ends in "ing" and comes after another verb to show continuous action: --
In the sentence "The children are watching television," "watching" is a present participle.
But the gerund "-ing" and the present participle "-ing" actually have different etymologies.
Therefore, "wesan" is used as the past, imperative, and present participle versions of "sindon", and does not have a separate meaning.
The past participle is "been", and the present participle and gerund forms are regular: "being".
The present participle form of a verb may function as a noun, in which case it is referred to as a gerund.
Instead of the infinitive, one uses the present participle, and then declines it corresponding to gender, number, case and article of the nominal phrase.
Therefore, "wesan" is used as the past, imperative, and present participle versions of "sn", and does not have a separate meaning.
There are four non-finite verb forms: infinitive, passive infinitive, and the two participles perfective/past participle and imperfective/present participle.
The three non-finite moods are the infinitive, past participle, and present participle.
