How do you use -ing form as a noun in Russian?
In English we can use the -ing form as a noun.
How do you use this structure in Russian?
Talking on the mobile for hours can be harmful.
Rollerblading is dangerous.
Waiting in queues is boring.
Parking on a yellow line is illegal.
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usually such ing-forms in Russian will be formed like: плавать - плавание, читать-чтение, петь - пение, ходить - хождение, водить - вождение
but sometimes they are replaced by other existing nouns
Talking on the mobile for hours can be harmful. Многочасовые разговоры (говорение is exist, but it's used in very specific situations) по мобильному могут навредить вашему здоровью.
Rollerblading is dangerous. Катание на роликах - опасно.
Waiting in queues is boring. Ожидание в очереди - утомительно.
Parking on a yellow line is illegal. Парковка (we don't have the word паркование) на желтой линии - запрещена.
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another way to express this structure is with verbs in their infinitive form
Говорить по телефону долго вредно.
Кататься на роликах опасно.
Ждать в очереди скучно.
Парковаться на жёлтой линии нельзя..
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we use infinitive or also noun
stop talking = прекрати разговаривать (to talk)
smoking is harmful = курить вредно или курение вредно.
waiting in the line is boring = ждать в очереди - скучно или ожидание в очереди - скучно
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