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Gerund

Here you can see the gerund in first position in a two-word proverb:

Defendendo vinco.

Evertendo fecundo.

Serviendo guberno.

Aspiciendo senescis.

Errando discitur.

Ferendo feres.

Quaerendo invenietis.

Here you can see the gerund in second position in a two-word proverb:

Disce docendo.

Disce legendo.

Aegrescit medendo.

Spectemur agendo.

The combination of a gerund with a verb in a simple two-word saying is one of the best ways to learn about how the gerund works!