Dear Yong Peng,
op 11-08-2003 14:15 schreef Ong Yong Peng op ypong001@...:

> 1. The agent of the gerund is the same as that of the main verb.
> This explains why it is also an indeclinable participle.(?)

N: I do not know whether this is the reason.

Y 2. The gerund describes an action preceding that of the main verb of

> the sentence, or an action before another (in this case acting as
> the equivalent of the English conjunction "and).

N: an action before another: not sure about this. Perhaps when there are
several one after the other, but I see them all in relation to the main
verb. After having done this and this... he did this. You often put "and" in
order to avoid too much: after having...
I am sure there must be more to it then what is just said in Warder I
quoted. Interesting. What does the Saddaniti say?? Perhaps experts can come
in!!!
Nina.